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Paradise Road

  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
5.7K
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Glenn Close in Paradise Road (1997)
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A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.
IMDb RATING
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5.7K
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    • Bruce Beresford
  • Writers
    • David Giles(story)
    • Martin Meader(story)
    • Bruce Beresford
  • Stars
    • Glenn Close
    • Frances McDormand
    • Pauline Collins
    • Bruce Beresford
  • Writers
    • David Giles(story)
    • Martin Meader(story)
    • Bruce Beresford
  • Stars
    • Glenn Close
    • Frances McDormand
    • Pauline Collins
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 54User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
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    Paradise Road
    Trailer 2:30
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    Photos27

    Johanna ter Steege at the premiere of Paradise Road, with Glenn Close
    Glenn Close and Bruce Beresford in Paradise Road (1997)
    Glenn Close in Paradise Road (1997)
    Glenn Close in Paradise Road (1997)
    Glenn Close in Paradise Road (1997)
    Glenn Close in Paradise Road (1997)
    Glenn Close in Paradise Road (1997)
    Cate Blanchett in Paradise Road (1997)
    Cate Blanchett in Paradise Road (1997)
    Glenn Close and Cate Blanchett in Paradise Road (1997)
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    Glenn Close and Pauline Collins in Paradise Road (1997)

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    Glenn Close
    Glenn Close
    • Adrienne Pargiter
    Frances McDormand
    Frances McDormand
    • Dr. Verstak
    Pauline Collins
    Pauline Collins
    • Margaret Drummond
    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Susan Macarthy
    Jennifer Ehle
    Jennifer Ehle
    • Rosemary Leighton-Jones
    Julianna Margulies
    Julianna Margulies
    • Topsy Merritt
    Wendy Hughes
    Wendy Hughes
    • Mrs. Dickson
    Johanna ter Steege
    Johanna ter Steege
    • Sister Wilhelminia
    • (as Johanna Ter Steege)
    Elizabeth Spriggs
    Elizabeth Spriggs
    • Mrs. Roberts
    Pamela Rabe
    Pamela Rabe
    • Mrs. Tippler
    Clyde Kusatsu
    Clyde Kusatsu
    • The Snake
    Stan Egi
    Stan Egi
    • Captain Tanaka
    David Chung
    David Chung
    • The Interpreter
    Sab Shimono
    Sab Shimono
    • Colonel Hirota
    Penne Hackforth-Jones
    • Mrs. Pike
    Pauline Chan
    Pauline Chan
    • Wing
    Lisa Hensley
    • Edna
    Susie Porter
    Susie Porter
    • Oggi
      • Bruce Beresford
    • Writers
      • David Giles(story)
      • Martin Meader(story)
      • Bruce Beresford
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The music in the film was derived from the actual score transcripts used in the P.O.W camps which survived World War II.
    • Goofs
      The women of the choir did the singing while sitting down because of having to work in the extreme heat during the day left them exhausted.
    • Quotes

      Adrienne Pargiter: You don't hate them do you?

      Margaret Drummond: No.

      Adrienne Pargiter: Why not?

      Margaret Drummond: I've tried, but I can't bring myself to hate people. The worse they behave, the sorrier I feel for them.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Saint/Inventing the Abbotts/Double Team/That Old Feeling/Chasing Amy (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Largo
      from "New World Symphony"

      Written by Antonín Dvorák (as Antonin Dvorak)

    User reviews54

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    9/10
    Gripping and uplifting true story of women faced with indomitable odds.
    This film gripped me from the opening scene in the hotel ballroom and prooved to be a class act right to the end. Director Bruce Beresford's track record includes Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies and Breaker Morant, so Paradise Road came as a special treat, not realising at the time of viewing that he had directed these films. The realistic scenes of violence had a tremendous impact in contrast to some of the wonderful underplaying of the leading actresses, notably Glenn Close and Pauline Collins. The Japanese actors, although unknown to me were chillingly effective. I can only hope for more films of this calibre but alas they are few and far between.
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    • a.lampert
    • Jan 9, 2001

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    • Release date
      • April 11, 1997 (United States)
      • Australia
      • United States
      • English
      • Japanese
      • Dutch
      • Malay
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    • Filming locations
      • Penang, Malaysia
    • Production companies
      • Samson Productions Pty. Ltd.
      • Planet Pictures
      • YTC Motion Picture Investments
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    Technical specs

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    • 2 hours 2 minutes
      • Color
      • Black and White
      • Dolby Digital

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