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Paradise Road (1997)
6.6
Ratings: 6.6/10 from 2,910 users
Metascore:
48/100
Reviews: 44 user | 29 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery. Director:Bruce Beresford |
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Adrienne Pargiter
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| Frances McDormand | ... |
Dr. Verstak
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Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
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Susan Macarthy
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| Jennifer Ehle | ... |
Rosemary Leighton-Jones
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| Julianna Margulies | ... |
Topsy Merritt
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| Wendy Hughes | ... |
Mrs. Dickson
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| Johanna ter Steege | ... |
Sister Wilhelminia
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Elizabeth Spriggs | ... |
Mrs. Roberts
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Pamela Rabe | ... |
Mrs. Tippler
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| Clyde Kusatsu | ... |
Sergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake'
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Captain Tanaka
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David Chung | ... |
The Interpreter
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| Sab Shimono | ... |
Colonel Hirota
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Penne Hackforth-Jones | ... |
Mrs. Pike
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The group of women from different countries and social levels are prisoners in a Japanese POW camp, where one of them, Adrienne, who is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, organizes a vocal band in spite of their guards resistance. Written by Anonymous
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Rated R for prisoner of war brutality and violence See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Estrada do Paraíso See more »Filming Locations:
Marrickville Town Hall, Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia See more »Box Office
Budget:
$16,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$62,518 (USA) (13 April 1997) (9 Screens)Gross:
$1,921,471 (USA) (1 June 1997)Company Credits
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Dolby DigitalAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Trivia
When the film ends, the war has ended. In reality, as the closing statement mentions, the women did not leave the P.O.W camp for another two weeks, as Alllied soldiers did not arrive at the the Belalau internment camp (the most remote of them all) until a fortnight after the end of the war. At this time, they were taken to Singapore and Sumatra where they received medical treatment and after that they returned to their various homes. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: An early night scene of the women swimming ashore (set in the week after 10 February 1942) shows the full moon. The moon was between last quarter and new moon that week. See more »
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