Return to Paradise Page #5

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
267 Views


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Don't do this. Don't do it.

347

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- Wait a minute. Why...

- What? Jesus Christ!

348

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I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. Just...

349

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34:01,083 -- 00:34:03,656

Can I have that, please?

350

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34:05,712 -- 00:34:07,752

- Is he boyish?

- What?

351

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34:07,965 -- 00:34:10,253

Is he cute? Is he clean-cut?

352

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34:10,467 -- 00:34:14,168

- Cos if I put him on the front page...

- Give me some time.

353

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34:15,639 -- 00:34:20,100

Give me some time, some space,

and I'll give you your story.

354

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34:26,108 -- 00:34:27,982

When?

355

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34:28,193 -- 00:34:30,482

Soon.

356

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34:33,991 -- 00:34:36,279

I'm gonna call you, Beth.

357

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34:54,344 -- 00:34:56,052

What are you doing here?

358

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34:57,848 -- 00:35:00,303

- I have a tape I want you to watch.

- Yeah?

359

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Jesus Christ, you don't let up, do you?

360

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35:03,312 -- 00:35:06,645

- I can't.

- You know what? I'm gonna watch this.

361

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35:06,857 -- 00:35:10,689

Honest to God I am. But I was actually

gonna go get something to eat.

362

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35:10,903 -- 00:35:12,148

So I'll watch it later.

363

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35:12,362 -- 00:35:16,230

Are you inviting me to dinner,

or are we still mad at each other?

364

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Both.

365

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35:30,214 -- 00:35:32,372

- Cheers.

- Cheers.

366

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It's a toast to Lewis.

367

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Sweet guy. Loved the animals.

Loved his beer.

368

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- Did he?

- He did.

369

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I never knew that about him.

370

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35:49,274 -- 00:35:51,563

Tell me something else.

371

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- Beer is all I really remember.

- That's it?

372

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- Yeah.

- Wow.

373

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- He didn't leave an impression then.

- Lewis? Are you kidding me?

374

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- Have you spent a lot of time with him?

- I've never had a beer with him.

375

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He is, honestly, Beth, one

of the sweetest people I've ever met.

376

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Lewis is the kind of guy...

You'd have a beggar on the street,

377

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and he'd just...

he'd touch them somehow, talk to them.

378

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The guy could have an illness,

language barrier, whatever it was.

379

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He just could see people, I guess.

380

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Got a big heart.

381

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36:32,693 -- 00:36:36,525

Yeah. That's nice.

382

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What else can you tell me about him?

383

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You are good, aren't you?

384

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Oh, Sheriff, what do you think about me?

385

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I don't know.

386

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36:49,751 -- 00:36:52,955

You seem to think I have

all these wiles and stratagems.

387

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36:54,756 -- 00:36:56,749

I don't.

388

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36:59,970 -- 00:37:02,342

I have a man's life in my hands.

389

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37:02,556 -- 00:37:04,632

I get that.

390

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37:06,768 -- 00:37:09,438

But let me ask you a question, Beth.

391

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And ask yourself this honestly.

392

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37:14,276 -- 00:37:16,849

Would you go back?

393

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37:18,864 -- 00:37:23,656

I wouldn't ask you or Tony to do this

394

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if I hadn't already

answered the question for myself.

395

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37:27,956 -- 00:37:30,198

Yeah.

396

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37:32,544 -- 00:37:37,253

But I guess, you know, I don't think

you could ever honestly answer that

397

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unless you were

in that situation yourself.

398

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37:43,388 -- 00:37:46,342

- Hi, Gaby.

- I'm not a piece of dirt you get off on

399

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37:46,558 -- 00:37:49,808

then flush down the john, all right?

400

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37:50,020 -- 00:37:54,812

He'll f*** you and then sneak out,

by the fire escape if he has to.

401

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37:55,025 -- 00:37:58,311

Unless you don't give a sh*t.

Unless you're some whore.

402

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37:59,988 -- 00:38:02,147

I'm his wife.

403

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38:03,325 -- 00:38:05,567

What?

404

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38:11,166 -- 00:38:14,084

F*** you for not wearing a ring.

405

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38:20,008 -- 00:38:22,131

That's my friend Gaby.

406

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38:25,305 -- 00:38:29,385

Wow. Good thing you didn't give her

a social disease. We'd all be dead.

407

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38:29,601 -- 00:38:33,729

- Thanks, Frank. I appreciate it.

- So when did you guys tie the knot?

408

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38:33,939 -- 00:38:37,390

You know what, Frank?

Get the hell outta here, will you?

409

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38:40,028 -- 00:38:42,780

- OK?

- Yeah.

410

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- Well, that was fun.

- That was something.

411

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"I'm his wife. " I like that one.

"I'm his wife. "

412

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38:49,705 -- 00:38:52,374

Thanks. You left this on the table.

413

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38:54,793 -- 00:38:57,165

- Please watch it.

- I will, Beth. I will.

414

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Good night.

415

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OK.

416

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iOK, Lewis, go ahead./i

417

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40:02,027 -- 00:40:06,107

iUm... Hey, guys./i

418

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iSheriff. Tony./i

419

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40:13,956 -- 00:40:16,079

iLong time, huh?/i

420

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40:16,291 -- 00:40:18,248

iI guess if you're seeing this tape/i

421

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40:18,460 -- 00:40:24,333

iyou've kind of figured

that my vacation plans... changed./i

422

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40:24,550 -- 00:40:27,716

iI was set to go off/i

423

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40:27,928 -- 00:40:32,673

iand try and save the orang-utan,

do what I can./i

424

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40:36,228 -- 00:40:39,182

iKind of ironic, isn't it?/i

425

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iLook who's caged and.../i

426

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ithey say soon to be extinct./i

427

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iUm... this little docudrama here/i

428

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iwas not my idea./i

429

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iI'm sorry, but, um.../i

430

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ithe folks

at the American Citizen Service/i

431

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ihave done all they can/i

432

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iand now they tell me

that you guys are my last chance./i

433

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iSo.../i

434

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41:09,928 -- 00:41:14,804

iI don't know if you're even thinking

about coming back./i

435

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iBut if there's the slightest chance,

I will tell you this./i

436

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iUm... I haven't been. uh.../i

437

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iharmed in any way./i

438

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iI haven't been tortured.../i

439

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iexcept by boredom and hunger./i

440

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iThere's not a whole lot

of good stuff to eat./i

441

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iNo burgers for you, Sheriff. But, uh.../i

442

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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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