Come See the Paradise

United States of America

• R
• 1990-08-17(US)
• ▪

  Drama,

  Romance,

  History
• ▪ 2h-13m

In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.

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.

• Alan ParkerDirector

  Allan GrafStunts

  Al GotoStunts

  John WillettArt Direction

  Nellie NugielAssociate Producer

  Gerry HamblingEditor