Exit to Eden (1994)

Elliot is going to the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but inadvertently photographs diamond smugglers at work. Smugglers, and detectives, follow him to the island, ... See full summary »

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writers:

Anne Rice (novel), Deborah Amelon (screenplay)

Stars:

Dana Delany, Dan Aykroyd, Rosie O'Donnell

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dana Delany	...	Lisa
Paul Mercurio	...	Elliot
Rosie O'Donnell	...	Sheila
Dan Aykroyd	...	Fred
Hector Elizondo	...	Martin
Stuart Wilson	...	Omar
Iman	...	Nina
Sean O'Bryan	...	Tommy
Stephanie Niznik	...	Diana
Phil Redrow	...	Richard
Sandra Taylor	...	Riba (as Sandra Korn)
Julie Hughes	...	Julie
Laurelle Mehus	...	Heidi
Tom Hines	...	Nolan
Alison Moir	...	Kitty (as Allison Moir)

Storyline

Elliot is going to the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but inadvertently photographs diamond smugglers at work. Smugglers, and detectives, follow him to the island, where they try to retrieve the film. Elliot begins falling in love with Lisa, the head mistress of the island, and Lisa must evaluate her feelings about Elliot and her own motivations.

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Plot Keywords:

bondage | bdsm | spanking | los angeles police department | sex scene | 

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Taglines:

To crack this case, these two cops will have to flash more than their badges.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for nudity and sex-related scenes

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Club Eden: L'Île aux fantasmes

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,012,695, 16 October 1994, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$6,841,570

Company Credits

Production Co:

Savoy Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Antonio Banderas was offered the role of Elliot Slater but his schedule for Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) prevented him from accepting the role.

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Goofs

The morning after Lisa spends the night with Elliot, she is sitting on her balcony drinking tea. She puts down the tea cup, then a moment later it jumps back into her hand.

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Quotes

Sheila Kingston: A guy takes off his pants to *leave* my room. Hm.

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Crazy Credits

Hector Elizondo's title credit is prefixed by 'As Usual', referring to the number of times Elizondo has appeared in films directed by Garry Marshall

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Connections

Spoofed in Jack of All Trades: X Marquis the Spot (2000)

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Soundtracks

Uncle Bud Zydeco
Written by John Delafose
Performed by Terrance Simien
Courtesy of Blacktop Records

User Reviews

The book is in here somewhere

I watched this movie, having been a fan of Anne Rice's novels. I found that a few of the scenes did a good job of imagining what the book was suggesting. These were mostly trivial in the movie. I really enjoyed the story and managed to sit through the horrible overlapping story (All of Dan & Rosie's scenes) to catch a bit of the fantasy brought to the screen that had been in my head reading the book. I guess if it had been passed off as other than a comedy, it would have to be labeled pornography. The good parts of the movie show that this could have been a great project if they had attempted to stay close to the spirit of the novel.