Return to Paradise Page #8

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


It's nice.

623

00:
58:03,734 -- 00:58:05,892

The books are a recent development.

624

00:
58:06,111 -- 00:58:08,436

When I was in school,

I tried to avoid reading.

625

00:
58:08,655 -- 00:58:11,905

Then I graduate

and realise I don't know sh*t.

626

00:
58:12,117 -- 00:58:14,157

- Yeah. Who does?

- You know what I mean?

627

00:
58:14,369 -- 00:58:17,952

So anyway,

I start getting the books and...

628

00:
58:19,249 -- 00:58:22,499

do some reading,

learn about the world around me.

629

00:
58:24,671 -- 00:58:27,506

Just trying to be civilised

I guess, Beth.

630

00:
58:27,716 -- 00:58:33,221

That's good. Lewis said you were

better than you thought you were.

631

00:
58:33,430 -- 00:58:37,642

A lot of them are pop-up books.

Colouring. That kind of thing.

632

00:
58:42,272 -- 00:58:44,894

Where's your passport?

633

00:
58:47,319 -- 00:58:52,064

- What?

- I just want to see your passport.

634

00:
58:52,282 -- 00:58:55,865

In case it's not good. I can renew it

tomorrow on an emergency basis

635

00:
58:56,078 -- 00:58:58,995

if you decide something different.

636

00:
59:00,457 -- 00:59:04,621

So when you said about me being off the

hook, you were just lying to my face?

637

00:
59:04,837 -- 00:59:06,829

I think you were lying to yourself.

638

00:
59:07,047 -- 00:59:11,175

Come on, Sheriff. Only a total bastard

would let Tony go back alone.

639

00:
59:11,385 -- 00:59:13,543

Yeah, well, I'm not in charge of Tony.

640

00:
59:13,762 -- 00:59:16,882

- I'm not his dad.

- I know that.

641

00:
59:18,267 -- 00:59:23,723

But Tony's a man who's got...

Tony's a great guy.

642

00:
59:23,939 -- 00:59:28,150

But he's got a future

and a sexy fiance.

643

00:
59:28,360 -- 00:59:30,068

Yeah.

644

00:
59:30,279 -- 00:59:33,529

Six years under any circumstances

would be hard as hell,

645

00:
59:33,740 -- 00:59:35,816

but this case, it's inconceivable.

646

00:
59:37,661 -- 00:59:39,618

I think Tony's a man of his word.

647

00:
59:44,543 -- 00:59:48,623

Tony called me three days ago and

told me that he couldn't do six years.

648

00:
59:48,839 -- 00:59:52,338

I know what he said last night.

I applaud his idealism.

649

00:
59:52,551 -- 00:59:57,047

But... I can't count on it.

650

01:
00:01,476 -- 01:00:03,884

I have to have you

on that plane, Sheriff.

651

01:
00:07,232 -- 01:00:09,557

Please show me your passport.

652

01:
00:12,029 -- 01:00:16,572

No that it's any of your business,

but my passport's good.

653

01:
00:16,783 -- 01:00:19,535

- It is? Show it to me.

- Take my word for it.

654

01:
00:19,745 -- 01:00:22,236

Show it to me.

655

01:
00:23,749 -- 01:00:26,869

You'd take three years from me

but you wouldn't take my word?

656

01:
00:28,045 -- 01:00:31,579

OK. All right. I pushed it. I'm sorry.

657

01:
00:39,556 -- 01:00:41,679

I trust you.

658

01:
00:43,352 -- 01:00:45,261

You know what?

659

01:
00:45,479 -- 01:00:48,563

Come on. You're gonna go for me

if you don't have a client?

660

01:
00:48,774 -- 01:00:53,436

What are you talking about? Wh... What?

661

01:
00:53,654 -- 01:00:56,192

You offer me money and I don't take that

662

01:
00:56,406 -- 01:01:00,487

so you figure, "Why don't I f*** the guy

cos then he'll do what I want. "

663

01:
01:00,702 -- 01:01:04,486

That's exactly me.

That's actually exactly me.

664

01:
01:04,706 -- 01:01:08,918

I'll get you to go back because

I'll give you a little sex. That's me.

665

01:
01:09,127 -- 01:01:11,665

- Go f*** yourself.

- Whoo!

666

01:
01:11,880 -- 01:01:15,380

That's fun. I'm the guy

who's gotta clean up. That's fun.

667

01:
01:15,592 -- 01:01:18,677

- Have fun, Sheriff.

- Shut up! You're too noisy!

668

01:
01:18,887 -- 01:01:21,129

You f***ing crazy bastard!

669

01:
01:21,348 -- 01:01:24,017

Shut up! You're making

too much goddamn noise!

670

01:
01:24,226 -- 01:01:28,389

Open the door! Open the door, you

f***ing p*ssy! Open the f***ing door!

671

01:
01:28,605 -- 01:01:31,606

- Open your f***ing door!

- Sheriff, that's enough!

672

01:
01:31,817 -- 01:01:35,352

- I'm calling the cops.

- Sheriff.

673

01:
01:35,571 -- 01:01:39,236

Turnabout's fair game, huh?

Now that you're news, all's fair.

674

01:
01:39,449 -- 01:01:42,534

You son of a b*tch!

Taking pictures of me?

675

01:
01:42,744 -- 01:01:46,113

- I'll bust your f***ing face open!

- I'm doing my job, man.

676

01:
01:46,331 -- 01:01:50,709

- I'm doing my job! I'm doing my job!

- Get the f*** outta my face.

677

01:
01:50,919 -- 01:01:52,876

I'll sue your ass.

678

01:
01:54,256 -- 01:01:56,047

Sheriff!

679

01:
01:57,718 -- 01:02:00,423

Sheriff, can I talk to you

for one second? Please?

680

01:
02:00,637 -- 01:02:03,045

- Is that your photographer?

- Is that Sheriff?

681

01:
02:03,265 -- 01:02:06,100

Are you gonna print pictures now?

682

01:
02:06,310 -- 01:02:09,892

This story is about

to blow wide open, OK?

683

01:
02:10,105 -- 01:02:13,604

I found this story first,

I'm gonna print it first, period.

684

01:
02:14,693 -- 01:02:19,402

Your story could cost Lewis's life.

Do you understand that?

685

01:
02:19,615 -- 01:02:25,404

You give me three days - three days -

until the hearing is over, OK?

686

01:
02:26,580 -- 01:02:30,364

You promise me

that you will not talk to a soul

687

01:
02:30,584 -- 01:02:33,751

and that I have Lewis exclusively.

688

01:
02:33,962 -- 01:02:35,456

Exclusive.

689

01:
02:35,672 -- 01:02:39,041

You promise me

you're gonna hold off on the story.

690

01:
02:40,552 -- 01:02:43,008

Three days, Beth.

691

01:
02:56,818 -- 01:02:59,689

Slow down, driver.

You're making me nervous.

692

01:
02:59,905 -- 01:03:02,230

I'm sorry, sir. It's a bad habit I got.

693

01:
03:02,449 -- 01:03:05,865

I was all mellowed out

but you f***ed that up.

694

01:
03:07,287 -- 01:03:09,410

I hope you're not gonna say

I can't smoke.

695

01:
03:09,623 -- 01:03:12,956

It's the only place left in town

you can smoke.

696

01:
03:19,383 -- 01:03:21,671

What the f*** are you doing?

Smoking crack?

697

01:
03:21,885 -- 01:03:26,298

Crack is for

our African-American brethren.

698

01:
03:26,515 -- 01:03:29,006

This is pure rock cocaine.

699

01:
03:29,226 -- 01:03:32,393

If you don't like it, driver,

you can raise the partition.

700

01:
03:32,604 -- 01:03:34,763

- I can?

- Whatever you want to do.

701

01:
03:34,982 -- 01:03:37,354

You want to see what I want to do?

702

01:
03:37,568 -- 01:03:41,150

Huh?

703

01:
03:41,363 -- 01:03:44,115

Cocksucker.

704

01:
04:13,020 -- 01:04:14,977

What do you want?

705

01:
04:16,356 -- 01:04:18,349

I want to see you.

706

01:
04:21,028 -- 01:04:22,901

OK.

707

01:
04:48,013 -- 01:04:50,219

What's happening here, Beth?

708

01:
04:50,432 -- 01:04:53,433

You tell me, Sheriff.

709

01:
04:53,644 -- 01:04:56,135

I'm not sure but I know that I just...

710

01:
04:57,523 -- 01:05:00,523

I can't take this any more.

711

01:
05:00,734 -- 01:05:03,403

So don't take it.

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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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