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The Mosquito Coast is a 1986 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Andre Gregory, and River Phoenix. It is based on the 1981 novel by Paul Theroux . The film tells the story of a family that leaves the United States and tries to find a happier and simpler life in the jungles of Central America.
The Mosquito Coast is an American drama television series developed by Neil Cross and Tom Bissell based on the novel of the same name by Paul Theroux published in 1981. Premiering in 2021, it also used the novel's 1986 film adaptation (which starred Harrison Ford ) as a source.
The Mosquito Coast is a novel by author Paul Theroux. [1] Published in 1981, it won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The Mosquito Coast (also known as the Mosquitia or Mosquito Shore) is an area along the eastern coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras.It was named after the local Miskito Nation and was long dominated by British interests and known as the Mosquito Kingdom.
The Mosquito Coast was made into a film of the same name (1986) and a TV series in 2021. Chinese Box (1997), a film about the British handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China , credits Theroux as a source for the story, based on themes he explored in his 1997 novel Kowloon Tong .
The Mosquito Coast is a coastline along present-day Honduras and Nicaragua.. Mosquito Coast may also refer to: . The Mosquito Coast, a 1981 novel by Paul Theroux; The Mosquito Coast, a 1986 movie based on the novel
La Mosquitia is the easternmost part of Honduras along the Mosquito Coast, which extends into northeastern Nicaragua. [1] It is a region of tropical rainforest, pine savannah, and marsh that is accessible primarily by water and air.
The Mosquito Coast extended from the Aguan River down to the San Juan River.The area was first explored by Christopher Columbus in 1502. [1] The area where this settlement was established is a lagoon near the mouth of what was then called the Black River, Río Negro, or Río Tinto, but is now known as the Sico River (or Río Sico).