Return to Paradise (1998)

Return to Paradise | United States of America

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.

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Director

Joseph Ruben

Writers

Bruce Robinson
Wesley Strick

Stars

Vince Vaughn
John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev

Anne Heche
Beth Eastern

Joaquin Phoenix
Lewis McBride

David Conrad
Tony Croft

Jada Pinkett Smith
M.J. Major

Vera Farmiga
Kerrie

Nick Sandow
Ravitch

Elizabeth Rodriguez
Gaby

Ming Lee
Mr. Chandran

Joel de la Fuente
Mr. Doramin

Others...

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Keywords

marijuana, friendship, childhood friends, malaysia, death penalty

Production

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Tetragram, Propaganda Films

Actor

Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, David Conrad, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vera Farmiga, Nick Sandow, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ming Lee, Joel de la Fuente, Richard Chang, James McCauley, Brette Taylor, Deanna Yusoff, David Zayas, Amy Wong, Is Issariya, Ed Hodson, Kevin Scullin, Glenn Patrick

Creators

Steve Golin (Producer), Craig McKay (Editor), Andrew Mondshein (Editor), Jack Gill (Stunt Coordinator), David Arnold (Executive Producer), Bruce Robinson (Screenplay), Mark Mancina (Original Music Composer), Dennis Bradford (Art Direction), Wesley Strick (Screenplay), Reynaldo Villalobos (Director of Photography), Pierre Jolivet (Novel), Ezra Swerdlow (Executive Producer), Francesca Paris (Key Hair Stylist), Peter Bucossi (Stunt Coordinator), Kathleen Chopin (Casting), Joseph Ruben (Director), Carol Silverman (Assistant Set Dresser), Charles Wang (Co-Producer), Joel Hatch (Production Supervisor), Barbara Parks (First Assistant Sound Editor), Juliet Polcsa (Costume Design), Michelle Botticelli (Assistant Editor), Miguel López-Castillo (Assistant Art Director), Bill Groom (Production Design), Betsy Klompus (Set Decoration), Jennifer Davidoff Cook (First Assistant Editor), Jack Coffen (Rigging Gaffer), Stan Bochner (Supervising Sound Editor), Lyn Pinezich (Location Manager), Raymond M. Samitz (Construction Coordinator), Barry Wetcher (Still Photographer), Robert Griffon Jr. (Property Master), Carrie Gerlach (Unit Publicist), Alain Bernheim (Producer), Michael E. Steele (Co-Producer), Kathryn Bihr (Key Makeup Artist), Corey B. Yugler (Script Supervisor), Thomas S. Drescher (Music Editor), Jonathan Lumley (Gaffer), William Sarokin (Sound Mixer), Pam DeMetruis-Thomas (Foley Editor), Julie A. Bloom (Second Assistant Director), Lucille Smith (Assistant Production Manager), Jane McCulley (ADR Editor), Malcolm Reid (Construction Foreman), Linda Shamest (Post Production Supervisor), Jeanne Gilliland (Boom Operator), Natalie N. Dorset (Art Department Coordinator), Karl Shefelman (Storyboard Designer)

Alternative titles

Pela vida de um amigo (BR)
For venskabs skyld (DK)

Release dates

10.08.1998 (US)
18.02.1999 (DE)
14.07.1999 (FR)
23.02.2010 (US)
02.09.2003 (US)
14.01.2020 (US)
02.09.1999 (HU)