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My father was an inventor
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The Mosquito Coast

Why do they put up with it? Why do they keep coming? Look around you Charlie, this place...

[first lines] Charlie:
My father was an inventor, a genius with anything mechanical. Nine patents, six pending. He dropped out of Harvard, "to get an education", he said. I grew up with the belief that the world belonged to him, and that everything he said was true. Allie Fox:
Look around ya, how did America get this way? Land of promise, land of opportunity. Give us the wretched refuse of your teeming shores. Have a Coke. Watch TV. Charlie:
Have a nice day. Allie Fox:
Go on welfare. Get free money. Turn to crime - crime pays in this country. Charlie:
[laughs] Allie Fox:
Why do they put up with it? Why do they keep coming? Look around you Charlie, this place is a toilet

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Duration
102 seconds
Views
1,011
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:00
Uploaded
Jan 13, 2021
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures

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Movie Summary

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

Actors

River Phoenix
Charlie
Harrison Ford
Allie Fox