Return to Paradise (1998)
Give up three years of their lives or give up the life of their friend. They have eight days to decide.
111 min
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.
- Release date
- February 18, 1999
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Vince Vaughn as Sheriff
- Anne Heche as Beth
- Joaquin Phoenix as Lewis
- David Conrad as Tony
- Vera Farmiga as Kerrie
- Nick Sandow as Ravitch
- Jada Pinkett Smith as M.J.
- Ming Lee as Mr. Chandran
- Joel de la Fuente as Mr. Doramin
- Richard Chang as Prosecutor
Crew
- Joseph Ruben · Director
- Pierre Jolivet · Writer
- Olivier Schatzky · Writer
- Wesley Strick · Writer
- Bruce Robinson · Writer
- Alain Bernheim · Producer
- Steve Golin · Producer
- Mark Mancina · Composer
- Reynaldo Villalobos · Cinematographer
- Craig McKay · Editor
- Andrew Mondshein · Editor
- Kathleen Chopin · Casting director
- Bill Groom · Production designer