Return to Paradise (1998)

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1h 49min | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Aug 10, 1998 | Released

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.

Director: Joseph Ruben

Producer: Steve Golin Alain Bernheim

Writer(s): Bruce Robinson Wesley Strick

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Cast & Crew

Cast (20 Members)

John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev

Beth Eastern

Jada Pinkett Smith

M.J. Major

Woman in Bar

Kerrie

Construction Foreman

Tony Croft

Young Woman in Limo

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Gaby

Joaquin Phoenix

Lewis McBride

Ravitch

Joel de la Fuente

Mr. Doramin

Features Editor

Prosecutor

Famous Divorce Lawyer

Doorman #1

Mr. Chandran

Ticket Agent

Malaysian Woman in Hammock

Doorman #2

Vince Vaughn John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev

Anne Heche Beth Eastern

Jada Pinkett Smith M.J. Major

Deanna Yusoff Woman in Bar

Vera Farmiga Kerrie

David Zayas Construction Foreman

David Conrad Tony Croft

Brette Taylor Young Woman in Limo

Elizabeth Rodriguez Gaby

Joaquin Phoenix Lewis McBride

Nick Sandow Ravitch

Joel de la Fuente Mr. Doramin

Ed Hodson Features Editor

Richard Chang Prosecutor

James McCauley Famous Divorce Lawyer

Kevin Scullin Doorman #1

Ming Lee Mr. Chandran

Amy Wong Ticket Agent

Is Issariya Malaysian Woman in Hammock

Glenn Patrick Doorman #2

Crew (49 Members)

Producer

Editor

Andrew Mondshein

Editor

Stunt Coordinator

Executive Producer

Screenplay

Original Music Composer

Dennis Bradford

Art Direction

Screenplay

Reynaldo Villalobos

Director of Photography

Novel

Executive Producer

Francesca Paris

Key Hair Stylist

Stunt Coordinator

Kathleen Chopin

Casting

Director

Carol Silverman

Assistant Set Dresser

Co-Producer

Production Supervisor

First Assistant Sound Editor

Costume Design

Michelle Botticelli

Assistant Editor

Miguel López-Castillo

Assistant Art Director

Production Design

Set Decoration

Jennifer Davidoff Cook

First Assistant Editor

Rigging Gaffer

Supervising Sound Editor

Location Manager

Raymond M. Samitz

Construction Coordinator

Still Photographer

Robert Griffon Jr.

Property Master

Unit Publicist

Producer

Michael E. Steele

Co-Producer

Key Makeup Artist

Corey B. Yugler

Script Supervisor

Thomas S. Drescher

Music Editor

Jonathan Lumley

Gaffer

William Sarokin

Sound Mixer

Pam DeMetruis-Thomas

Foley Editor

Second Assistant Director

Assistant Production Manager

ADR Editor

Construction Foreman

Post Production Supervisor

Jeanne Gilliland

Boom Operator

Natalie N. Dorset

Art Department Coordinator

Storyboard Designer

Steve Golin Producer

Craig McKay Editor

Andrew Mondshein Editor

Jack Gill Stunt Coordinator

David Arnold Executive Producer

Bruce Robinson Screenplay

Mark Mancina Original Music Composer

Dennis Bradford Art Direction

Wesley Strick Screenplay

Reynaldo Villalobos Director of Photography

Pierre Jolivet Novel

Ezra Swerdlow Executive Producer

Francesca Paris Key Hair Stylist

Peter Bucossi Stunt Coordinator

Kathleen Chopin Casting

Joseph Ruben Director

Carol Silverman Assistant Set Dresser

Charles Wang Co-Producer

Joel Hatch Production Supervisor

Barbara Parks First Assistant Sound Editor

Juliet Polcsa Costume Design

Michelle Botticelli Assistant Editor

Miguel López-Castillo Assistant Art Director

Bill Groom Production Design

Betsy Klompus Set Decoration

Jennifer Davidoff Cook First Assistant Editor

Jack Coffen Rigging Gaffer

Stan Bochner Supervising Sound Editor

Lyn Pinezich Location Manager

Raymond M. Samitz Construction Coordinator

Barry Wetcher Still Photographer

Robert Griffon Jr. Property Master

Carrie Gerlach Unit Publicist

Alain Bernheim Producer

Michael E. Steele Co-Producer

Kathryn Bihr Key Makeup Artist

Corey B. Yugler Script Supervisor

Thomas S. Drescher Music Editor

Jonathan Lumley Gaffer

William Sarokin Sound Mixer

Pam DeMetruis-Thomas Foley Editor

Julie A. Bloom Second Assistant Director

Lucille Smith Assistant Production Manager

Jane McCulley ADR Editor

Malcolm Reid Construction Foreman

Linda Shamest Post Production Supervisor

Jeanne Gilliland Boom Operator

Natalie N. Dorset Art Department Coordinator

Karl Shefelman Storyboard Designer

Age At Time Of Release

43

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28

Andrew Mondshein

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43

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