by Eleanor Mannikka
synopsis
Meant to be a parody of the recent invasions of Grenada and the Falkland Islands, this comedy about the laid-back governor (Michael Caine) of "Cascara," a fictional British island somewhere in the Caribbean, and the international parade of characters who come through his territory is a pastiche without a clear center. Among these multinational characters are an American industrialist out to exploit the island's rich source of mineral water -- also the source of all the subsequent trouble on the island -- some inexplicable French-German visitors, a singing revolutionary with ties to Fidel Castro, and various parodies of Brit diplomats and politicians, Margaret Thatcher included.
characteristics
- Political Corruption
- Political Unrest
- Man-vs-nature
- Oil-company
- Self-discovery
- Island
- Governor
- Actress
- Actor
- Colonial
- Colonization
- Film