Come See the Paradise

1990 · 133 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 3,190 VOTES · DIR. Alan Parker

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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

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