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Turistas
Sign in to saveTuristas (; English: Tourists, released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as Paradise Lost) is a 2006 American horror film produced and directed by John Stockwell, written by Michael Arlen Ross, and starring Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Max Brown, and Beau Garrett. Its plot focuses on a group of international backpackers in Brazil who find themselves in the clutches of an underground organ trafficking ring.
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5.5A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret.
Cast
- Josh Duhamel as Alex
- Melissa George as Pru
- Olivia Wilde as Bea
- Desmond Askew as Finn
- Beau Garrett as Amy
- Max Brown as Liam
Themes
- beach
- culture clash
- kidnapping
- sadistic
- tourist
- backpacker
- car crash
- palmen
- jungle
- torture
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Turistas
- Film.image
- Turistas poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- John Stockwell
- Film.writer
- Michael Arlen Ross
- Film.music
- Paul Haslinger
- Film.cinematography
- Enrique Chediak
- Film.editing
- Jeff McEvoy
- Film.distributor
- Fox Atomic (through 20th Century Fox)
- Film.runtime
- 93 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.budget
- $10 million
- Film.gross
- $14.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- slasher film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Stockwell
- Cast member
- John Stockwell
- Composer
- Paul Haslinger
- Cinematographer
- Enrique Chediak
- Narrative location
- Brazil
- Filming location
- São Paulo
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 115575
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- foxatomic.com
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- publication date
- 2006-12-01
- title
- Turistas
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Mark Cuban
- review score
- 36/100
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Plot
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- Production
- Conception
- Casting
- Filming
- Release
- Box office
- Critical response
- Protests
- Home media
- References
- External links
Turistas (; English: Tourists, released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as Paradise Lost) is a 2006 American horror film produced and directed by John Stockwell, written by Michael Arlen Ross, and starring Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Max Brown, and Beau Garrett. Its plot focuses on a group of international backpackers in Brazil who find themselves in the clutches of an underground organ trafficking ring.
It was the first American film to be exclusively shot in Brazil. It was also the first film distributed by Fox Atomic, a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox, which released it theatrically in the United States on December 1, 2006.
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