- Actors: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Conrad Roberts, Andre Gregory, Martha Plimpton
- Directors: Peter Weir
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 10 April 2006
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000ESSTE2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 44,380 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A little gem of a movie,
This review is from: The Mosquito Coast [DVD] (DVD)
I read recently that this is Harrison Ford's favourite movies out of those he has made. It's not difficult to see why. It is certainly a departure for him. Although he is the leading charcater in it he is far from his heroic self. In the film he is a "serious" character whose manic obsession with creating his perfect world endangers both himself and more importantly his young family. In a classic "over-reacher" narrative, Allie Fox (Ford) pushes beyond the accepted level for a married man whose priorities ought to be his family. The results are predictably disastrous. At once, Fox is both hero and villain, funny and scary, likeable and loathable, driven and yet misguided. I also read that the film was first offered to Jack Nicholson who declined yet he would have been absoluteley perfect for the role since Fox might have been the sibling of MacMurphy in Cuckoo's Nest or Jack Torrance in The Shning. Yet Ford is perfect too and although he is avery different actor to Nicholson the fact that he pulls it off shows what depth he is capable of as an actor-a pity then that we have seen this depth in Ford's films far too seldom.
I decline from awarding the DVD of this film a full 5 marks due to the lack of extras-a documentary and an interview or two would have made the purchase of this DVD essential for all serious film fans.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
little known masterpiece by well known director,
By A Customer
This review is from: Mosquito Coast [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Witness. Dead poet's society. Green card. The Truman show. You've heard of those films I'm sure. But what about this one: The Mosquito Coast.. ? All directed by Peter Weir. I'll admit to a little bias, this is my favourite film. I love those others too, so maybe if you liked them it's worth checking this one out. BBC2 show it from time to time. I only wish they would release it on DVD. The film is a pretty close reproduction of Paul Theroux's book of the same name. BBC2 fans will know of the author's son, Louis, from his weird weekends and off beat interviews. The action starts in typical America - predictable, arid, and swamped with Japanese imports... our (anti-)hero, maverick inventor Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) decides to uproot his wife and family (Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, etc), and relocate them all to a remote jungle town where they are to live in a utopia far removed from the modern world, but also far removed from what the native people are used to. Of course this tense paradise cannot last, and the story unfolds with conflicts-a-plenty: undiscovered jungle tribes; bible bashing missionaries, and gun toting mercenaries. The film is narrated by Allie's son Charlie (River Phoenix) in perhaps his best role before his untimely death. The feel of the picture is almost undescribable.. the cinematograpy awe-inspiring without being cliche.. the acting flawless, story captivating... In short.. a little known masterpiece from an otherwise well known director
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Dream that turns into a nightmare.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Mosquito Coast [VHS] [1986] (VHS Tape)
A truly inspiring film with scenery to match. River Phoenix excells in the role of narrator, and makes the film his own, Helen Mirren plays the long suffering wife to an insane inventor, when the inventor decides that America is no longer the place to be he goes in search of a dream. He finds his dream but before to long his dream turns into a nightmare, and is left to suffer the consequeces.
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