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Release Date: 1997

Cast: Glenn Close, Elizabeth Spriggs, Pauline Collins, Lisa Hensley, Pauline Chan, David Chung, Johanna ter Steege, Cate Blanchett, Wendy Hughes, Susie Porter, Frances McDormand, Stan Egi ...MORE

Cast: Glenn Close, Elizabeth Spriggs, Pauline Collins, Lisa Hensley, Pauline Chan, David Chung, Johanna ter Steege, Cate Blanchett, Wendy Hughes, Susie Porter, Frances McDormand, Stan Egi, Julianna Margulies, Anita Hegh, Pamela Rabe, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Clyde Kusatsu, Sab Shimono, Jennifer Ehle ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Period piece, Docudrama, War film

Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as beatific Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret Drummond (based on missionary Margaret Dryburgh), Julianna Margulies as American socialite Topsy Merritt, Jennifer Ehle as British doyenne and model Rosemary Leighton Jones, Cate Blanchett as Australian nurse Susan McCarthy and Elizabeth Spriggs as dowager... MORE

Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as beatific Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret Drummond (based on missionary Margaret Dryburgh), Julianna Margulies as American socialite Topsy Merritt, Jennifer Ehle as British doyenne and model Rosemary Leighton Jones, Cate Blanchett as Australian nurse Susan McCarthy and Elizabeth Spriggs as dowager Imogene Roberts. Basing his picture on real events, Bruce Beresford tells the story of a vocal orchestra created by the women in a Japanese P.O.W. camp, a classic survivors' tale extolling women's ability to survive hardship and atrocity through perseverance, solidarity and creativity. The story is based on the testimonies of Helen Colijn and Betty Jeffrey written in their books Song of Survival and White Coolies. It represents an alternative take on female imprisonment by the Japanese during World War II compared with BBC's dramatic offering from the early 1980s, Tenko. Paradise Road grossed $2,970,653 LESS