Harrison Ford / The Mosquito Coast / 1986 directed by Peter Weir Stock Photo Alamy

Mosquito Coast Harrison Ford. THE MOSQUITO COAST, Harrison Ford (front), 1986, © Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection The film opens with Charlie Fox (River Phoenix) explaining that his father, Allie Fox (Harrison Ford), is a brilliant inventor with "nine patents, six pending." Allie has grown fed up with the American Dream and American consumerism, believing that Americans "buy junk, sell junk and eat junk," and that there is an impending nuclear war on the. The Mosquito Coast is directed by Peter Weir and adapted to screenplay by Paul Schrader from the novel of the same name written by Paul Theroux

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Harrison Ford Movies Ranked: How to Watch The Iconic. Ford has spoken about "The Mosquito Coast" elsewhere over the years

THE MOSQUITO COAST, Harrison Ford, 1986, © Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection Stock

The Mosquito Coast saw Harrison Ford shed his likeable persona for the first time to play a truly despicable character. The film opens with Charlie Fox (River Phoenix) explaining that his father, Allie Fox (Harrison Ford), is a brilliant inventor with "nine patents, six pending." Allie has grown fed up with the American Dream and American consumerism, believing that Americans "buy junk, sell junk and eat junk," and that there is an impending nuclear war on the. "The Mosquito Coast," unfortunately, is all about that kind of father.

Mosquito coast helen mirren hires stock photography and images Alamy. The Mosquito Coast is directed by Peter Weir and adapted to screenplay by Paul Schrader from the novel of the same name written by Paul Theroux He fell in love with a young woman whose father was rigid and uncompromising, so utterly sure of his own infallibility that he was heedless of the unhappiness he caused others

HELEN MIRREN, HARRISON FORD, THE MOSQUITO COAST, 1986 Stock Photo Alamy. Yash B Despite a somewhat interesting character study and some thought-provoking ideas, "The Mosquito Coast" is a tough watch simply because it is a boring movie The Mosquito Coast Directed by Peter Weir Adventure, Drama, Thriller PG 1h 57m