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Return to Paradise (1998)

Return to Paradise (1998)

R 109 minutes EN Drama , Thriller , Romance
Give up three years of their lives or give up the life of their friend. They have eight days to decide.
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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Vince Vaughn
John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev
Anne Heche
Beth Eastern
Joaquin Phoenix
Lewis McBride
David Conrad
Tony Croft
Nick Sandow
Ravitch
Ming Lee
Mr. Chandran
Joel de la Fuente
Mr. Doramin
Richard Chang
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James McCauley
Famous Divorce Lawyer

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Production companies: Tetragram, Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Production countries: United States of America

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