Return to Paradise Page #2

Synopsis: Three friends share an exciting vacation in Malaysia, full of fun, drinks, women and hash. When the vacation is over, each have dreams of continuing their lives, and they all go their separate ways. One of them (Phoenix) remains on the tropical paradise to fulfill a dream of working with apes for research. Two years later, a lawyer (Heche) comes to New York and hunts down the other two friends to give some sad news. A few days after they left the island, police raided their camp and found amazingly large quantities of hash left about. Phoenix was still residing there, so he had to take the blame. He is set to be put to death in 8 days, and the only way the charges can be decreased is if the two friends come back to paradise and take their share of the responsibilty. If they do, they both will spend three years in prison. If only one does, he will spend six years behind bars...
Director(s): Joseph Ruben
Production: PolyGram Video
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
1998
111 min
236 Views


you have it right now, right here.

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So eager to get on

with your charmed lives

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that you miss what's happening now.

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You know what I mean?

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We got mellow hash, right?

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We got coconuts filled with rum.

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We got beautiful, gracious chicks that

like us just cos we're Yankees and tall.

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- Some of us.

- And you've got this warm, calm water.

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It's like God's own bathtub

or something, man.

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Hey, Lew, are you really gonna stay here

and try to save those gorillas?

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- Yeah.

- That's cool, man.

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That's totally cool, Lew. Totally cool.

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You sound, uh, interested.

You wanna join me?

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The flight's tomorrow.

Can't change the ticket. No refund.

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Think about it.

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- Morning.

- Hey, good morning, man.

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- How do you feel?

- Good, good.

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So? Is it civilisation

and its discontents

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or uh... you, me and the monkeys?

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I don't think I'm cut out for that kind

of thing, Lew. That's for you, man.

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To tell you the truth...

I don't have that kind of stuff in me.

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Well, I think

you're wrong about yourself, but...

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- Give 'em hell.

- Where are you gonna go?

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New York is calling you home.

Martinis, pretty girls, the Yankees.

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Or do you want to stay here?

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Don't smoke it all in one bowl.

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You keep this. I got Tony's.

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I wouldn't take Excedrin

out of this country.

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- Why did we buy so much hash?

- At those prices we had to.

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Uh-oh.

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Well, I guess this is it, man. Yeah?

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- See ya, buddy. Good luck.

- I'm gonna miss you guys.

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Bullshit. You'll find a couple of chimps

prettier than both of us.

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You f***er.

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Take care.

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- I'll see you.

- All right.

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Safe travels.

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Yeah, Gaby, listen. Yeah.

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OK. You know what?

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No, I just, you know,

I can't talk about anything right now.

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Listen uh... No, I'm not interested

in discussing this right now.

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I got two people in the back of my car.

I'm working.

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Gaby, maybe when this shift's over,

I'll call you, we'll grab a bite, OK?

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That's my dispatcher. I gotta go.

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I gotta go. Bye.

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Yeah, it's Four, under way.

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iCan you sling a pick-up

at the Stanhope?/i

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iLady named Eastern, asked for you./i

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Eastern? Eastern, yeah.

Where's the drop at?

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iShe didn't say./i

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F***!

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I apologise for the sudden stop, folks,

but hopefully you were belted in.

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OK. Here we are.

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Here. Take that.

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Pleasure serving you as always,

Mr Homer.

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- This is Ravitch.

- Hey, it's Sheriff.

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How much is a famous

divorce attorney worth to you?

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He's worth squat, brother. I'm single.

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What if he's out boinking and getting

bombed and his wife's not with him?

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- That's a different story.

- Ravitch, can't you find another desk?

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- I say two bills.

- You're a cheap son of a b*tch.

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- Grab a pen.

- I'm sorry.

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OK, give it to me.

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Thank you.

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We headed anywhere in particular?

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How about we just drive

around the park for a bit?

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You got it. Around the park.

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I haven't driven you before.

I never forget a face.

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Do you mind if I smoke in the car?

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It's the only place in town left

that you can smoke. Go ahead.

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So who recommended me, Miss Eastern?

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- Please call me Beth.

- OK. Who recommended me, Beth?

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- Lewis McBride.

- Lew?

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Did he say to look up old Sheriff

when you got to town?

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- How did you know where to find me?

- Lewis said you lived in Brooklyn.

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- Odds were you'd be in the book.

- Yeah, huh?

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And odds were I'd still be stuck

in Brooklyn, which obviously I am.

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So where is Lew? Is he in town here?

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Sheriff, the day you and Tony

left Penang,

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a man came looking

for a bike you guys had rented.

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He brought the police.

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Only they didn't find the bike,

but they did find 104 grams of hashish,

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some stashed in the hut,

some in the trash.

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Jesus Christ.

And Lewis caught hell for that, huh?

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Yeah. He's spent

the last two years in prison.

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Oh, my God. Jesus Christ.

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What a nightmare that must be, huh?

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Is he still in prison now?

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- For eight more days, yeah.

- I wish I'd have known sooner.

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I don't know if

I could have done anything but...

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Wesley Strick

Wesley Strick (born February 11, 1954) is an American screenwriter who has written such films as the comic-horror hit Arachnophobia, the Martin Scorsese remake of Cape Fear and the videogame adaptation Doom. Since 2015, Strick has worked as a writer/executive producer on The Man in the High Castle (Amazon TV series). more…

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