The Mosquito Coast is a 1986 film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. It was based on the novel The Mosquito Coast (ISBN 0140060898) by the U.S. writer Paul Theroux. See also: 1985 in film, other events of 1986, 1987 in film, list of years in film. Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... for the Northern Ireland politician see Peter Weir (politician) Peter Weir (August 21, 1944- ) is an Australian film director. ... Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942,) is an American actor who, between 1977 and 1983, appeared in what were then four of the top ten highest-grossing movies ever. ... Mirren aged 24 in Age of Consent (1969) Dame Helen Mirren (born Ilynea Lydia Mironoff July 26, 1945) is a British stage, television and movie actress. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Wikiquote quotations related to: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government Official website of the United States government - Gateway to governmental sites White House - Official site of the US President Senate. ... Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1974), a travelogue about trip he made by train from Great Britain to Japan. ...

Plot

The plot revolves around a maverick inventor, who finds little support for his inventions in the United States. As a result of this, he moves to the Mosquito Coast in Honduras (Central America), dragging his family with him. An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... The article is about the geographical area. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ...

The move is a total disaster in that Allie Fox insists upon importing into the Honduras jungle all of the worst things of the civilization he has left. He deliberately chooses the area because he considers it uncorrupted, but by the end of the novel he has managed to pollute the river, blow up a large section of country side and deliberately cause the death of at least three men. By contrast, in the "real world" of America, Fox's inventions could potentially have helped his previous employer and the world - instead, out of arrogance, he chose to import them into another country and hence helped destroy it.

The actions of Allie are continually contrasted throughout the novel with those of his son Charlie, who despite not wanting to leave America in the first place, nonetheless manages to adapt to Honduras far better than his father does. This contrast between intentions and aim and eventual effects provides a scathing commentary on colonial practices and the continued assumption of the white man that he knew "better" than the black man whose land he overtook and destroyed. In its commentary on colonial practices, it could perhaps be compared with Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Heart of Darkness is a novella (published 1902) by Joseph Conrad. ...

Tagline: Allie Fox followed his dream to the Mosquito Coast. He planned a paradise. He created a Hell

External link

• The Mosquito Coast (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091557/) at the Internet Movie Database