The Mosquito Coast. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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The Mosquito Coast
Paul Theroux, 1981
movie vs book
Peter Weir, 1986

Allie Fox is a brilliant but stubborn inventor who has grown fed up with the American Dream and consumerism. Furthermore, he believes that a nuclear war is on the horizon as a result of American greed and crime. Allie 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.