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Jadrien Steele appears in The Mosquito Coast, the film adaptation of the book by Paul Theroux The Mosquito Coast, first published in 1981.
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The Mosquito Coast
Paul Theroux, 1981
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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.