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Return to Paradise

Year:

1998

Duration:

111 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Joseph Ruben

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-08-14

Filming Locations: Eastern State Penitentiary - 2124 Fairmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $2,465,129 (USA) (16 August 1998)

Gross: $8,288,513 (USA) (27 September 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Deanna Yusoff

Vince Vaughn

John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev

Anne Heche

Beth Eastern

Joaquin Phoenix

Lewis McBride

David Conrad

Tony Croft

Vera Farmiga

Kerrie

Nick Sandow

Ravitch

Jada Pinkett Smith

M.J. Major

Ming Lee

Mr. Chandran

Joel de la Fuente

Mr. Doramin

Richard Chang

Prosecutor

James McCauley

Famous Divorce Lawyer (as James Michael McCauley)

Brette Taylor

Young Woman in Limo (as Brettanya Friese)

David Zayas

Construction Foreman

Amy Wong

Ticket Agent (as Amy Wong)

Is Issariya

Malaysian Woman in Hammock

Ed Hodson

Features Editor

Kevin Scullin

Doorman #1

Glenn Patrick

Doorman #2

Yusmal Ghazali

1st Scruffy Guy

Aril Izani

2nd Scruffy Guy

Kwak Wai

3rd Scruffy Guy

Curzon Dobell

Client

Vincent Patrick

Tavern Waiter

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Gaby, Sheriff's Ex

Patrick Teoh

Chief Justice (as Teoh Kah Yong)

Rebecca Bitton

Hotel Waitress (as Rebecca Saifer)

Rebecca Boyd

Restaurant Hostess

Woon-Kin Chin

Guard

Regina Wu

Bailiff

Raymond J. Barry

Sheriff's Father (uncredited)

Rose Sias

Reporter (uncredited)

Todd Stockman

Reporter (uncredited)

Ben Van Bergen

Reporter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Working titles included Long Way to Paradise, All for One and Force Majeure, the title of the 1990 French film of which this is a remake.

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Cuba Gooding Jr. turned down the role of Tony the architect.

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Goofs

Long opening series of street scenes, local "color", was obviously filmed in Buddhist Thailand, complete with saffron-robed monks and red-green-gold Thai temples - Malaysia (population has 30 % non-Muslim minorities) doesn't have go-go bars or obvious brothels unlike Thailand).

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[Around 55:00] Beth comes to John's home. She gives him a "ZABARS" bag of food. The door is wide open (we clearly see the outside is red and the inside is green) behind Beth. As John takes the bag, the door is suddenly closed, however no one has closed it.

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Quotes

Sheriff: You'd take 3 years from me but you wouldn't take my word?

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Beth: I'm not the best, but I am the most persistent.

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Sherrif: I know her. Like know her.

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