Paradise Road
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Paradise Road |
| Original title | Paradise Road |
| Country of production | Australia , United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 123 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bruce Beresford |
| script |
Bruce Beresford David Giles Martin Meader |
| production |
Greg Coote Sue Milliken |
| music | Ross Edwards |
| camera | Peter James |
| cut | Tim Wellburn |
| occupation | |
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Paradise Road is a 1997 US-Australian film directed by Bruce Beresford . It is a film adaptation of a true story about a vocal orchestra founded in captivity. The story is based on Betty Jeffrey's diary entries, White Coolies . Alternative titles are Paradise Road - Way out of Hell and Way out of Hell .
action
On February 10, 1942, the British trade center in Singapore was attacked. According to the motto “women and children first”, they are brought to Europe on a ship. But the goal remains unachieved. The ship is bombed and sinks. Adrienne Pargiter and two other women are able to escape to mainland Sumatra , which is under the control of Japan . They are captured with many other shipwrecked women and a number of children and taken to a prison camp. Although they have to cope there with the tropical climate, poor housing and a minimum of food, the class barriers have not yet been lifted. But very soon they realize that they can only survive if they stick together. A choir emerged from this idea, led by Adrienne Pargiter. With the help of a friend, she rewrites pieces intended for orchestra to a cappella . With the help of music, which gives them strength and employment, they struggle through years of imprisonment. When their guards announced the end of the war, most of the women survived.
Reviews
Cinema magazine wrote that the film was a "pathetic but superbly played drama" and "a moving piece of mind about the power of music".
“A film made based on an authentic story that largely saves suffering and misery in favor of a pathetic-sentimental staging. The clichéd figure drawing and the insensitive handling of the historical context are equally responsible for the failure of the film. "
Awards
Peter James won the Australian Cinematographers Society's Golden Tripod in 1998 . Bruce Beresford, director and screenwriter, and Ross Edwards were nominated for the 1998 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award .
background
Production costs amounted to an estimated 16 million US dollars . The film grossed only around 1.9 million US dollars in cinemas in the USA; in the other countries, around 960 thousand US dollars were earned.
literature
- Betty Jeffrey: White Collies . Bolinda Press (Large Print), July 1998, ISBN 1863-4078-12
Web links
- Paradise Road in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paradise Road at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Paradise Road at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Criticism on Cinema.de. Retrieved August 23, 2007
- ^ Paradise Road. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Box Office Business for Paradise Road. Retrieved October 21, 2010