Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Parker
Written byAlan Parker
Produced byRobert F. Colesberry
Nellie Nugiel
Starring
CinematographyMichael Seresin
Edited byGerry Hambling
Music byRandy Edelman
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 23, 1990 (1990-12-23)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$17.5 million[1]
Box office$947,306[2]

Come See the Paradise is a 1990 American historical drama film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita. Set before and during World War II, the film depicts the treatment of Japanese Americans in the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent loss of civil liberties within the framework of a love story.