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The Mosquito Coast

Startling adventure about an idealist who uproots his family to a remote Caribbean island, where he sets about creating a Utopia. Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren star.

Adventure about an idealist who uproots his family to a remote Caribbean island, away from the consumerism which he perceives to be choking America. He sets about creating a Utopia in the jungle by bringing ice to the natives and uses his genius for making gadgets to enhance their primitive lifestyle. But he also alienates his long-suffering family, and his enterprise proves fatally flawed. Based on the novel by Paul Theroux.

1 hour, 50 minutes

Last on

Sat 22 Jun 201323:40
BBC Two Scotland

Credits

Allie FoxHarrison Ford
DirectorPeter Weir
MotherHelen Mirren
CharlieRiver Phoenix
EmilyMartha Plimpton
JerryJadrien Steele
AprilHilary Gordon
CloverRebecca Gordon
Rev SpellgoodAndre Gregory
Francis LunglyMichael Rogers
WriterPaul Schrader

Broadcasts

  • Wed 20 Oct 201023:30
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Thu 21 Oct 201000:10
    BBC One Wales
  • Sun 11 Mar 201214:00
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sat 22 Jun 201323:30
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sat 22 Jun 201323:40
    BBC Two Scotland