PARADISE LOST LYRICS - . Paradise Road (1. Wikipedia. Paradise Road is a 1. American war film that tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned by the Japanese in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as Adrienne Pargiter, Frances Mc. Dormand 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 Mc. Carthy and Elizabeth Spriggs as dowager Imogene Roberts. Plot Synopsis. The film opens with a dance at the Cricket Club in Singapore. Wives and husbands, soldiers and socialites are enjoying a night of dancing, libations, and conversation. The scene is happy and carefree, but the film continues to unfold and it soon becomes known that a war is raging right outside the doors. Paradise Road is set during the time of World War II, and the Japanese forces have just attacked Singapore. When a bomb explodes right outside the club, it becomes known that the Japanese have advanced beyond defensive lines. The women and children are immediately collected and carried off by a boat to a safer location. A few hours out, the boat is bombed by Japanese fighter planes and the women must jump over board to save their lives. Three women, Adrienne Pargiter the wife of a tea planter, Rosemary Leighton- Jones a model and the girlfriend of a Royal Malayan Volunteer, and Susan Macarthy, an Australian nurse, swim their way to shore. The place on which they land is the island of Sumatra. The women are found by a Japanese officer, Captain Tanaka, and ushered to a deserted village. They are then taken to a prison camp in the jungle. The three women are reunited with the rest of the women and children from the boat. At the prison camp, there are women of all nationalities including Dutch, English, Irish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Australian; and they all come from many levels of society. Some of the women are nuns, some are nurses, and some are socialites and mothers. The women are forced to bow to the Japanese officers and its flag. The women must endure torture and hard labor while trying to remain positive and level headed. Many believe the war would end soon and their husbands or soldiers will come looking for them. Nonetheless, the living conditions are brutal, and many face sickness and death. The women have been at the prison camp for two years now. Adrienne Pargiter, a graduate from the Royal Academy of Music, and Daisy . Rift in Paradise As the global population soars toward nine billion by 2045, this corner of Africa shows what’s at stake in the decades ahead. The disneyland paradise pier hotel ultimate planning resorce, california adventure and disneyland Vacations Includes park hours,theme park descriptions and. Some of the women fear for their lives because the Japanese officers, especially Sergeant Tomiashi . The orchestra finally performs for the entire camp, even the officers stop to listen to the vibrant music. However, the music is only works as motivation for so long and the women continue to dwindle in numbers. After some time, the women are moved to a new location where they will remain for the duration of the war. The war ends and the women rejoice for their freedom. The film closes on a scene of the last performance by the vocal orchestra. The vocal orchestra performed over 3. The original scores survived the war and are the basis for the music performed in the film. In 1. 99. 7, many of the survivors were still alive during the making of the film and contributed to the inspiration for Paradise Road. The 1. 96. 5 book Song of Survival by Helen Colijn (granddaughter of Hendrikus Colijn), another camp survivor, is not listed in the film's credits as being a source for this film, although Colijn is thanked for her help in the credits. According to the media information kit for the film, Martin Meader & David Giles researched the story from 1. Meader & Giles wrote the original screenplay which was titled, 'A Voice Cries Out'. Graeme Rattigan then joined Meader and Giles and together the three traveled the world, raising $8. They met Beresford in London and he immediately became interested in the project. Together with Village Roadshow, Beresford took over the film, re- wrote the script and renamed the project, Paradise Road. Beresford and producer Sue Milliken then did their own research of the story for over more than two years. Meader and Giles got a 'Story by' credit, and with Rattigan, they all received a Co- Executive Producer Credit. Their company, Planet Pictures, received an 'In Association With' credit. Some criticism of the film's historical accuracy is discussed in an article by Professor Hank Nelson. The part of Margaret Drummond was to be played by Jean Simmons but she had to withdraw due to illness; the studio wanted Joan Plowright but she accepted another offer and Pauline Collins wound up being cast. Fox were reluctant to cast Cate Blanchett in the lead as she was relatively unknown at the time but Beresford insisted. However, many women prisoners of war stories have been overlooked, with the exception of the women POWs of Sumatra. Thousands of British and Dutch colonist made the East Indies their home. Singapore was the most popular living option with the Raffles Hotel, shops, and beautiful houses, which attracted many soldiers and their wives. The Japanese armed forces attacked Pearl Harbor, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong on December 7, 1. Europeans held the Japanese forces to an inferior level and put their trust in the British navy that guarded Singapore. But the Japanese advanced on British military lines,captured the British airfield, and dropped bombs on the city, which led to a retreat by the British forces. On February 1. 5, 1. Japanese took Singapore. Due to the belief that the city was safe, many women and children had remained in Singapore when the city was attacked. The inhabitants of the city, including women and children, ran to board ships to flee the island. Some of these ships housed the women POWs of Sumatra. The women and children were forced to jump overboard to save their lives, but the Japanese continued to fire on the women in the water. The survivors swam ashore to Banka Island. One of the Australian nurses suggested the women and children to head toward a village on the island while the nurses remained on the beach to care for the men's wounds. When the Japanese discovered them, the men were rounded up and twenty- two of the nurses were forced back into the water where they were shot by the soldiers. Only Vivian Bullwinkel survived the open fire. Bullwinkel later found the rest of the nurses that survived the sinking of the ship. The women were transferred from Banka Island to Sumatra. Some survived the multiple voyages back and forth between the islands for three and a half years. The women were living in the Sumatra prison camp when the war ended and a rescue came for the survivors.
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