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Come See the Paradise (1990)

Come See the Paradise (1990)

Drama Romance History

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

Release Date: 1990, August 17
Directors: Alan Parker
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Michael York, Becky Ann Baker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kim Robillard, Teri Eiko Koide, Allan Graf, Tad Horino, Keenan Shimizu, Colm Meaney, John Finnegan, Danny Kamekona

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.

Keywords:

new york city world war ii 1940s forbidden love love interracial marriage