Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

"In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America."

In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.

Release Date

August 17, 1990

Status

Released

Original Title

Come See the Paradise

Runtime

2h 13min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English, Japanese

Production Companies

20th Century Fox