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Release Date
Sep 9, 1988 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 3, 2004
MPAA Rating
PG13
Running Time
1 hour, 36 minutes
Country USA
Studio Universal
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Other Titles
• Moon Over Parador
• Mond über Parador (1989)
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Genre: Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Political, Role-switching, Scams And Cons, Satire, Suspense, Showbiz
Tagline: Welcome to Parador. The Dictator's cold, the First Lady's hot, the people are revolting... and Jack Noah just got the role of his life.
Plot: While working on a film in the small Caribbean country of Parador, New York actor Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) is offered a role that he cannot refuse, impersonating the nation's deceased dictator. Jack bears a striking resemblance to the corrupt leader (played by Dreyfuss's own brother, Lorin Dreyfuss), and upon his untimely death, Jack is forcibly sought out by police chief Roberto Straussman (Raul Julia), who wants to keep the despot's death a secret until he can maneuver his own takeover of the country. However, Madonna (Sonia Braga), the dictator's hot-blooded mistress, has other plans and encourages Jack to take advantage of the deception and start making some democratic changes of his own. Soon Jack has offended the country's political cronies while leading the country into revolt and winning the heart of the downtrodden masses. Dreyfuss plays the role of Jack with effortless ease and great comic timing, reveling in the satirical acting as well as plentiful Hollywood inside jokes. Costars in director Paul Mazursky's film include Jonathan Winters, Polly Holliday, and Charo, with appearances from Sammy Davis Jr. and Dick Cavett as themselves.
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Paul Mazursky
Moscow on the Hudson, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Harry and Tonto |
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 | Sonia Braga
Angel Eyes, The Rookie, Kiss of the Spider Woman |
 | Jonathan Winters
The Flintstones, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle |
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 | Dick Cavett
Beetle Juice, Inside Deep Throat, Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to D |
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