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Where was Return to Paradise filmed?

1999 film, directed by Joseph Ruben.

  • New York City

The story is set in New York City, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New York City
Filmed in
New York City

About Return to Paradise

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Released
1999
Director
Joseph Ruben
Cast
Vince VaughnAnne HecheJoaquin PhoenixDavid ConradVera FarmigaJada Pinkett SmithDavid ZayasNick SandowElizabeth RodriguezRaymond J. Barry
Genre
ThrillerDramaPrisonRomance
Based on
Force majeure

The story

Three friends, Lewis McBride, Sheriff and Tony, are vacationing in Malaysia.

The three men wind up at their beachfront house on the ocean pondering their future in the island paradise.

Beth, an up-and-coming lawyer, informs them that Lewis has spent the last two years in Penang prison in Malaysia, because of hash found at their Malaysian house.

Famous lines from Return to Paradise

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Your Honour..Beth
  • I'm not sure what.Beth McBride
  • For eight more days, yeah.Beth
  • "The woman is Beth McBride..Chief Judge
  • Lewis McBride is going to hang.Beth

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