The mosquito coast.

The Nation | December 13, 1986| | Copyright

The Mosquito Coast

Paul Theroux's 1982 novel, The Mosquito Coast, probably looked as if it would make a terrific movie. The story of a New England crackpot named Allie Fox who, disenchanted with what he sees as America's softness and commercialism, takes his wife and four children off to live in the Central American jungle, seems to have everything: colorful settings, high adventure, family drama, the odd big idea about the state of civilization, and a fat, fat part for a male star. Director Peter Weir (The Last Wave, The Year of Living Dangerously and Witness), a ...

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