Return to Paradise

1998 · 109 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 15,722 VOTES · DIR. Joseph Ruben

Return to Paradise poster

Overview

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,665 lines

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00:00:06 CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY POLYGRAM VIDEO
00:06:38 [SPEAKING MALAY]
00:09:18 YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:12:25 NEW YORK IS CALLING YOU HOME:
00:16:44 HEY, DO YOU MIND IF I SMOKE IN THE CAR?
00:20:07 TOMORROW AT 7:00.
00:25:20 YES, I DID. MM-HMM.
00:28:17 AND A FUCKING MORALITY THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD
00:32:28 I KNOW THE HANGING'S IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
00:35:42 WOW.
00:38:54 [KEYS JINGLE IN LOCK]
00:43:59 UH, IF YOU WEREN'T WASTING YOUR LIFE HERE, IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.
00:47:17 UH-HUH?
00:51:54 INMATES HAVE DIED OF TYPHUS.
00:56:03 Ravitch: IT'S MY PLEASURE.
00:59:21 BUT THIS--THIS CASE, IT'S INCONCEIVABLE.
01:02:10 3 DAYS UNTIL THE HEARING IS OVER, OK?
01:10:19 IS THAT COOL WITH EVERYONE?
01:17:47 GONNA TEAR IT INTO STRIPS AND HANG MYSELF.
01:21:58 IS HE THE SAME GUY WE USED TO KNOW?
01:26:22 AND IF WE STAY, MAYBEWEHANG. BUT IF WE LEAVE, WE LIVE.
01:33:18 CHIEF JUSTICE WILL BE BACK SHORTLY WITH HIS DECISION.
01:37:50 [PEOPLE RESPONDING]
01:42:51 YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,665
Dialogue density15.3 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line01:42:51

Production Record

DirectorJoseph Ruben
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes15,722