Come See the Paradise

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

Overview

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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1990-08-17
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Runtime: 133 min

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