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THE MOSQUITO COAST
"The Mosquito Coast" reunites Harrison Ford and Peter Weir after "Witness," for which they both received Academy Award nominations. Ford's performance may make him a dark horse for such a nomination in this long-anticipated film however, Weir is unlikely to receive similar accolade. Best box-office prospe ....
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.... and twin daughers (Hilary Gordon, Rebecca Gordon) don't have any choice. Despite his sometimes brilliant and idiosyncratic observations on society, Ford's a complete dolt with people. For him, the pulleys, ropes and levers he ingeniously rigs up for his numerous inventions are the stuff of life. He even talks of his machinery in anthropomorphic terms - the kidneys of the system, etc.
Although Schrader has pitched his lead character with the shrillest of tones, he has distilled with some distinction the high comic spirit of much of the nov ....
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