Beyond Rangoon Movie Review 1995

Sisters Laura (Arquette) and Andy (McDormand) Bowman travel to Burma to unwind, only to have political unrest and a repressive regime spoil the holiday. Dr. Laura (yeah, right) loses her passport and must flee from trigger-happy soldiers with a political dissident (Ko, a real-life exiled Burmese activist) who befriends her. The search for her passport soon becomes a imperiled trek of survival and self-discovery. Tense, well-crafted action sequences hint at a potential for excitement and intrigue; too bad Arquette isn't the least bit convincing. Filmed in Malaysia.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Asia, Hunted!, Jungle Stories, Politics

Screenplay

Alex Lasker, Bill Rubenstein

Cast

Patricia Arquette, Frances McDormand, Spalding Gray, U Aung Ko, Victor Slezak

Cinematography

John Seale

Director

John Boorman

Music

Hans Zimmer

Producer

Barry Spikings, Eric Pleskow, John Boorman, Sean Ryerson, Castle Rock Entertainment