Paradise (1991 film)

Infobox Film
name = Paradise


image_size = 200px
caption = Promotional movie poster for "Paradise"
director = Mary Agnes Donoghue
producer = Scott Kroopf
Patrick J. Palmer
writer = Mary Agnes Donoghue
starring = Melanie Griffith
Don Johnson
Elijah Wood
music = David Newman
cinematography = Jerzy Zielinski
editing = Eva Gardos
Debra McDermott
distributor = Touchstone Pictures (Warner Bros. in some countries)
released = September 18, 1991
runtime = 111 min.
country = flagicon|USAUnited States
language = English
budget = Unknown
amg_id = 1:37255
imdb_id = 0102631

"Paradise" is a 1991 film written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue. The original music score is composed by David Newman.

Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson (at the time married to each other) play Lily and Ben Reed, a young couple torn apart by a family tragedy. It would take a miracle to rekindle their love and a miracle arrives in the form of a summer guest - Willard Young played by Elijah Wood

It is a remake of the French film "Le Grand Chemin" by Jean-Loup Hubert.

Plot summary

Willard Young is a 10-year-old boy who is sent by his mother to stay with her best friend Lily Reed, who lives in the Delta shrimp-fishing country in a town called Paradise. Lily and her husband Ben have been living in an unmentioned emotional vacuum since the death of their own three year old boy. Willie makes friends with the local 9-year-old tomboy Billie Pike, who teaches him to be comfortable with himself. When Willard gains a handle on his own emotions, he can now help Lily and Ben to connect, overcome grief and rediscover themselves.

Cast

* Melanie Griffith .... Lily Reed
* Don Johnson .... Ben Reed
* Elijah Wood .... Willard Young
* Thora Birch .... Billie Pike
* Sheila McCarthy .... Sally Pike
* Eve Gordon .... Rosemary Young
* Louise Latham .... Catherine Reston Lee
* Greg Travis .... Earl McCoy

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