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The Mosquito Coast

Year:

1986

Duration:

117 min

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Peter Weir

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1986-11-26

Filming Locations: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Earnings

Budget: $25,000,000

Gross: $14,302,779 (USA)SEK 3,385,861 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Harrison Ford

Allie Fox

Helen Mirren

Mother Fox

River Phoenix

Charlie Fox

Conrad Roberts

Mr. Haddy

Andre Gregory

Reverend Spellgood

Martha Plimpton

Emily Spellgood

Dick O'Neill

Mr. Polski

Jadrien Steele

Jerry Fox

Michael Rogers

Francis Lungley

Hilary Gordon

April Fox

Rebecca Gordon

Clover Fox

Jason Alexander

Hardware Clerk

Alice Heffernan-Sneed

Mrs. Polski (as Alice Sneed)

Tiger Haynes

Mr. Semper

William Newman

Captain Smalls

Melanie Boland

Mrs. Spellgood

Raymond Clare

Convert #1

Emory King

Man at Bar

Tony Vega Sr.

Mr. Maywit

Aurora Clavel

Mrs. Maywit

Butterfly McQueen

Ma Kennywick

Michael Opoku

Bucky

Adolpho Salguero

Drainy

Rafael Cho

Leon

Sofia Coc

Alice

Margarita Coc

Veryl

Wilfred Peters

Dixon

Luis Palacio

Peaselee

Juan Antonio Llanes

Mercenary

Abel Woolrich

Mercenary

Jorge Zepeda

Mercenary

Did you know?

Trivia

The film's failure at the box office was mainly attributed to Harrison Ford's performance, which many critics found to be too forced and over-the-top.

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Second and final of Harrison Ford and Peter Weir collaborations. first was witness, second was this film. Peter weir also did two films with Mel Gibson which were Year of living Dangerously and Gallipoli. Ford and Gibson later appeared in the Expendables 3 but share no screen time together.

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During casting River Phoenix was passed on several times for the role of Charlie Fox for being too old (he was 15). When no age-appropriate Charlie could be found, Phoenix's audition tape was brought in again to director Peter Weir and, impressed by the actor, he decided to put the age issue aside and give Phoenix the job.

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Goofs

While Allie Fox and his family are being lashed by violent winds and near horizontal rain during a hurricane a couple of palm trees in the background are standing perfectly still.

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Quotes

Charlie: Once I had believed in father and the world had seemed small and old. Now he was gone and I wasn't afraid to love him anymore. And the world seemed limitless.

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Allie Fox: Good-bye America! And have a nice day!

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Allie Fox: Nature is crooked. I wanted right angles, straight lines. You cut yourself opening a can of tuna and you die. We still going up-river mother?

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