The Mosquito Coast

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Call Number: DVD Drama Mosquito
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.
Special features include: interactive menus ; scene selection ; theatrical trailers.
From the novel by Paul Theroux.
Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Conrad Roberts, Andre Gregory, Martha Plimpton, Dick O'Neil.
Allie Fox is fed up. Angered by an America that "buys junk, sells junk, eats junk," and a world whose nuclear doomsday clock is always two minutes away from midnight, the brilliant inventor leads his trusting wife and four children into the remote Central American jungles to carve out a new society.
DVD; widescreen ; full screen versions.
Contents: Mosquito Coast.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Unravels submitted by markwells on June 24, 2019, 3:29pm Harrison Ford is a man on the edge and as his world unravels by his own deeds he threatens to take his family down with him. It's a different role for that man we knew as Han or Doctor Jones. He's not that likeable here but the story is not bad and the movie is worth a look. Grade: B.

Mosquito Coast submitted by yufamily on June 24, 2023, 11:47am Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford from 1986. That’s 37 years ago! A nice rewatch.

The Mosquito Coast submitted by leighsprauer on February 29, 2024, 7:47pm I didn't have high hopes for this movie, despite its all-star cast, but I really enjoyed it. Harrison Ford plays Allie Fox, an eccentric inventor who is fed up with America's moral decay and softness. He moves his young family to the Mosquito Coast in Central America, with dual goals: to bring civilization (in the form of refrigeration) to the locals, and to live as pioneers. He's brilliant, but arrogant, and that proves to be his downfall.
Harrison Ford is fantastic; you would expect that if he's in a jungle or rescuing people, he'd be Indiana or Han. But he's not. He has all the ego, but none of the charm of his other characters. You really forget it's him. River Phoenix is also wonderful.
Maybe not the best movie I've ever seen, but worth the watch.