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"The Mosquito Coast" quotes

The Mosquito Coast poster
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.

Director: Peter Weir
Writer: Paul Theroux, Paul Schrader
Production: N/A
Genre: adventure, drama, thriller
Year: 1986
MetaScore: 49/100
ImdbRating: 6.6
BoxOffice: $14,302,779
Released: 26 Nov 1986
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

22 video clips

Emily SpellgoodCharlieAllie FoxMother FoxMotherJerry Fox
My father was an inventor - The Mosquito Coast 01:42 My father was an inventor They don't have meat - The Mosquito Coast 02:17 They don't have meat I think about you when I go to the bathroom - The Mosquito Coast 00:05 I think about you when I go to the bathroom Nature is crooked - The Mosquito Coast 01:11 Nature is crooked We eat when we're not hungry - The Mosquito Coast 00:16 We eat when we're not hungry Everything we need is here - The Mosquito Coast 00:20 Everything we need is here What're you looking at - The Mosquito Coast 00:10 What're you looking at Strictly speaking - The Mosquito Coast 00:09 Strictly speaking Father often talked of things being revealed - The Mosquito Coast 00:39 Father often talked of things being revealed Right now someone in America is pushing an electric squeezer - The Mosquito Coast 00:15 Right now someone in America is pushing an electric squeezer Father was fond of saying that in the end Robinson Crusoe went back home - The Mosquito Coast 00:10 Father was fond of saying that in the end Robinson Crusoe... We could go downstream to Haddy's - The Mosquito Coast 00:10 We could go downstream to Haddy's I'm not going back into Hatfield again - The Mosquito Coast 00:27 I'm not going back into Hatfield again Now he was gone and I wasn't afraid to love him anymore - The Mosquito Coast 00:20 Now he was gone and I wasn't afraid to love him anymore It's an absolute sin to accept the decadence of obsolescence - The Mosquito Coast 00:12 It's an absolute sin to accept the decadence of... Ice is civilization - The Mosquito Coast 00:04 Ice is civilization You don't dare take a walk for fear of someone sticking a knife in your ribs - The Mosquito Coast 00:17 You don't dare take a walk for fear of someone sticking... If it's on a map - The Mosquito Coast 00:04 If it's on a map Double digit inflation and a 2 00 loaf of bread - The Mosquito Coast 00:05 Double digit inflation and a 2 00 loaf of bread And have a nice day - The Mosquito Coast 00:05 And have a nice day Everything we need is right here - The Mosquito Coast 00:05 Everything we need is right here

Cast

Allie Fox - Harrison Ford
Mother - Helen Mirren
Charlie - River Phoenix
Jerry - Jadrien Steele
April - Hilary Gordon
All Cast