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Return to Paradise is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Ruben released in USA on 10 august 1998 with Vince Vaughn
Return to Paradise (1998)
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Add to a movie listReturn to Paradise is a 1998 drama-thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben, written by Wesley Strick and Bruce Robinson, and starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, and Joaquin Phoenix. Return to Paradise is a remake of the 1989 French film Force Majeure. The film had its premiere on August 10, 1998, and was released to theaters on August 14, 1998.
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Three friends, Lewis McBride (Joaquin Phoenix), Sheriff (Vince Vaughn) and Tony (David Conrad), are seen having a fun vacation in a Malaysian paradise. Their adventures include being almost run over by a car while riding a bicycle, and being pressured into buying some rhinoceros horn from Malaysian locals. The three men wind up at their beach front house on the ocean pondering their future in the island paradise.Actors
Vince Vaughn
(John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev)
Anne Heche
(Beth Eastern)
Joaquin Phoenix
(Lewis McBride)
David Conrad
(Tony Croft)
Vera Farmiga
(Kerrie)
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