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The Mosquito Coast

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Poster for the movie "The Mosquito Coast"

The Mosquito Coast (1986)

119 min - Adventure, Drama - 26 November 1986
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Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.

Director:  Peter Weir

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Witness

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Witness (1985)

112 min - Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller - 8 February 1985
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A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.

Director:  Peter Weir
Writers:  Pamela Wallace
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Picnic at Hanging Rock

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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

117 min - Drama, Mystery - 2 September 1975
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In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

Director:  Peter Weir
Writers:  Cliff Green
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Dead Poets Society

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Dead Poets Society (1989)

128 min - Drama - 2 June 1989
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At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Director:  Peter Weir
Writers:  Tom Schulman
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