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The Mosquito Coast

Summary: An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Runtime: 1 h 57 min
MPAA: PG

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 25,000,000
Domestic: $ 14,302,779
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