Paradise Road (1997) - film review

Drama / War

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Paradise Road is an American war film first released in 1997, directed by Bruce Beresford. The film stars Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Ehle. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Bruce Beresford
Script: David Giles, Martin Meader
Photo: Peter James
Music: Ross Edwards
Cast: Glenn Close (Adrienne Pargiter), Frances McDormand (Dr. Verstak), Pauline Collins (Daisy ’Margaret’ Drummond), Cate Blanchett (Susan Macarthy), Jennifer Ehle (Rosemary Leighton-Jones), Julianna Margulies (Topsy Merritt), Wendy Hughes (Mrs. Dickson), Johanna ter Steege (Sister Wilhelminia), Elizabeth Spriggs (Mrs. Roberts), Pamela Rabe (Mrs. Tippler), Clyde Kusatsu (Sergeant Tomiashi, ’The Snake’), Stan Egi (Captain Tanaka), David Chung (The Interpreter), Sab Shimono (Colonel Hirota), Penne Hackforth-Jones (Mrs. Pike), Pauline Chan (Wing), Lisa Hensley (Edna), Susie Porter (Oggi), Anita Hegh (Bett), Tessa Humphries (Celia Roberts), Lia Scallon (Mrs. O’Riordan), Marta Dusseldorp (Helen van Praagh), Marijke Mann (Mrs. Cronje), Aden Young (Bill Seary), Paul Bishop (Dennis Leighton-Jones), Stephen O’Rourke (William Pargiter), Vincent Ball (Mr. Dickson), Nicholas Hammond (Marty Merritt), Noel Ferrier (Robbie Roberts), Steven Grives (Westmacott), Robert Grubb (Colonel Downes), Arthur Dignam (Mr. Pike), Tanya Bird (Siobhan O’Riordan), Alwine Seinen (Millie), Kitty Clignett (Sister Anna), Shira Van Essen (Antoinette van Praagh), Yoshi Adachi (Mr. Moto), Mitsu Sato (Rags), Taka Nagano (Boris), Koji Sasaki (Lefty), Julie Anthony (Female Vocalist), Geoffrey Ogden-Brown (Band Leader), Jason Arden (Edgar), Kristine McAlister (Matron Heffernan), Jesse Rosenfeld (Danny Tippler), Phillip Stork (Michael Tippler), John Elcock (Seaman Francis), Hamish Urquhart (Aran O’Riordan), Jemal Blattner (Older Aran O’Riordan), John Proper (Captain Murchison), Shigenori Ito (Dr. Mizushima), Geoff O’Halloran (Sailor), Chi Yuen Lee (Chinese Man), Ping Pan (Chinese Man)
Country: Australia / USA
Language: English / Japanese / Dutch / Malay
Runtime: 122 min

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