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

Sharon Stone turned down the role of Sheila.

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Goofs

After Detective Shelia has asked for Elliot and he comes to her room, Elliot is telling her he wants to leave to go to the race. The leaves hanging behind Shelia appear and disappear with each camera change. As she sits down, you can see it's a vine hanging down to the wardrobe handle but the length changes as the scene plays out.

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Quotes

Dr. Martin Halifax: You've achieved a great deal of success in your creative and artistic field. You've traveled a great deal. You have influential friends. You've dated a bevy of bright and beautiful woman. Yet, with all this, you never had a lasting relationship.

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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

Featured in At the Movies: The Worst Films of 1994 (1995)

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Soundtracks

Careless Love
Written by W.C. Handy, Spencer Williams and Martha Koenig
Performed by Dr. John
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

a funny movie even though it tended to make men look like jack asses.

sort of a fantasy movie alright,and Delaney is beautiful but it was demeaning to men us guys don't get to say that stuff very often imagine the reverse here for a second,women being ridden like horses,women being hit on the rear even if it was with a phony cat o nine tails women tied up ,suspended from the ceiling,having to sleep at the foot of the man's bed and not say a word,that would no doubt be the worst part. watch the movie it's all there the underlying theme was there.It had its moment, Dan AKROYD,ROSIE ODONNELL THANKS.......don seems like somewhere along the way that some people got the idea that men can't get mistreated, only women...wrong!