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?
00:06:05 - Just a different way of doing business, Jack. - Business, my ass!
00:12:57 You can't get up from the table to welcome your own brother?
00:16:37 So am I.
00:21:07 I'm sorry, my Japanese isn't very good.
00:27:05 It's in Chinese.
00:30:50 You let him kiss you just like that?
00:36:19 - Good night. - Good night.
00:41:43 But I love your daughter.
00:50:44 Help me out. I can't move my legs.
00:54:52 - So they stink of fish every day! - Why does it have to be you?
01:00:23 They say Papa's a potentially dangerous alien.
01:05:26 They're a dangerous weapon. They can bore you to death.
01:09:39 - A tea set. - Now what you do...
01:13:55 We were in Los Angeles, and we were Americans.
01:21:25 They'll know, Mama.
01:28:14 Next.
01:33:31 People whispered and whispered.
01:40:11 Now our all-American has a rising sun tattooed on his backside.
01:45:42 And Papa Kawamura?
01:48:42 - So say no. - If we say no...
01:54:23 Your wife is Lily Yuriko Kawamura?
01:59:18 Then it seemed all we did was say good-bye.
11:19:04 - Yes, sir.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,151
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:02:09
Final line11:19:04

Production Record

DirectorAlan Parker
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,190