Come See the Paradise
1990 · 133 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 3,190 VOTES · DIR. Alan Parker
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,151 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:09 Why are we so early?
00:05:58 All these animals who own the theaters- this is all they understand.
00:12:47 - Jack? - Marge.
00:16:01 Go talk to Gerry. He- He means well.
00:20:11 Just meet with him.
00:25:51 - Hi, Lily. - Hello.
00:29:30 - No, to have lunch with.
00:34:21 And it wasn't serious, but she was... pregnant...
00:40:04 I have to see him.
00:46:07 No. No, she didn't.
00:53:24 Get outta here!
00:58:26 I work at the cannery. I'm a fish masher.
01:02:58 I know you wanted to write, Mama.
01:07:48 I could break both of my arms and my legs...
01:10:47 Get your hands off me. All I want is for my daughter to sit on this jerk's lap.
01:15:51 - Everything? - Everything.
01:24:32 When do you get back from Seattle?
01:29:37 - You must've finished by now! - I haven't started yet!
01:35:09 Mini-chan.
01:42:05 - Come on, Joyce. Let's take Mama to the bathroom. - Long walk.
01:46:22 Poor Papa Kawamura. He must have been so sad.
01:49:17 No. No.
01:54:45 There's no in-between. Not anymore.
01:59:34 Charlie was sent to a special camp at Tule Lake...
Cast & Characters
Dennis Quaid
Jack McGurn
Tamlyn Tomita
Lily Yuriko Kawamura
Tamlyn Tomita
McGann
Sab Shimono
Hiroshi Kawamura
Shizuko Hoshi
Mrs. Kawamura
Stan Egi
Charlie Kawamura
Ronald Yamamoto
Harry Kawamura
Akemi Nishino
Dulcie Kawamura
Naomi Nakano
Joyce Kawamura
Brady Tsurutani
Frankie Kawamura
Elizabeth Gilliam
Younger Mini McGann
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,151
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:02:09
Final line01:59:34
Production Record
DirectorAlan Parker
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,190