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Brokedown Palace

Brokedown Palace

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 13, 1999

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Mystery

User Score

64%

Original Title

Brokedown Palace

Production Companies

Two Girls Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures, Adam Fields Productions, 20th Century Fox

Director

Jonathan Kaplan

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$10,115,013

Description

Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.