Trapped in Paradise is a 1994 Christmas-themed crime comedy film written and directed by George Gallo, and starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, and Dana Carvey. It's Christmas time. Bill Firpo is a straight-laced New York restaurant manager, who gets an unpleasant Christmas gift; his brothers Dave and Alvin are paroled early due to overcrowding and placed in Bill's custody. Dave and Alvin ask their brother to take them to Paradise, Pennsylvania to do a favor for a fellow inmate of theirs. Bill refuses because one, his brothers are not allowed out of New York state and two, he knows Dave's... pathological tendencies. He only agrees after getting tied to a robbery their brothers made via his dropped wallet. When they discover Paradise's bank is light on security, Bill feels the urge to rob it if he had a gun. Fortunately, there are guns in the Infiniti sedan Dave and Alvin borrowed. With Alvin driving a stolen decrepit car, Bill and Dave storm the bank. The wife of the bank's president tells them that the bank safe door is locked and the president, Mr.
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| Release date: | December 2, 1994 |
| Directed by: | George Gallo |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | George Gallo |
| Editor: | Terry Rawlings |
| Music by: | Robert Folk |
| Cinematography: | Jack N. Green |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |