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Return to Paradise(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-08-10
65%
305 Votes
Time: 1h 49m
Give up three years of their lives or give up the life of their friend. They have eight days to decide.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Tetragram
Movie: Return to Paradise
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Joel de la Fuente
Mr. Doramin
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