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Adaptation of White Coolies Betty Jeffrey , 1954 single work autobiography
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Paradise Road
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Film Details - Village Roadshow , 1997

Producers:

Greg Coote (Producer)
Sue Milliken (Producer)
Andrew Yap (Executive Producer)
Graham Burke (Executive Producer)
Martin Meader (Executive Producer)
David Giles (Executive Producer)
Graeme Rattigan (Executive Producer)

Production Companies:

Village Roadshow
Samson Productions
Planet Pictures

Finance Organisations:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Director of Photography:

Peter James

Editors:

Tim Wellburn

Production Designers:

Herbert Pinter

Composer:

Ross Edwards

Cast:

Incl. 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), Stan Egi (Captain Tanaka), David Chung (The Interpreter), Sab Shimono (Colonel Hirota), Penne Hackforth-Jones (Mrs Pike).

Release Dates:

Premiered in the USA on 11 April 1997. Released in Australia on 5 June 1997.

Settings:
  • Sumatera,
    c
    Indonesia,
    c
    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1940s
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