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The film charts the journey of a group of women from Australia, the USA, the UK and the Netherlands as they are taken prisoner by the Japanese in UsefulNotes/WorldWar2. One of the women, Adrienne Pargiter (Close), decides to start a vocal orchestra to lift the spirits of the inmates, but the domineering Japanese guards want to put a stop to it.
Based on stories of women who survived internment in Japanese POW camps, Paradise Road is a story of hope, courage and survival. It is studied in [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia Australian schools]] as an example of conflict, [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian history]], and women's stories.
Based on stories of women who survived internment in Japanese POW camps, Paradise Road is a story of hope, courage and survival. It is studied in [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia Australian schools]] as an example of conflict, [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian history]], and women's stories.
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The film charts the journey of a group of women from Australia, the USA, the UK and the Netherlands as they are taken prisoner by the Japanese in UsefulNotes/WorldWar2.UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. One of the women, Adrienne Pargiter (Close), decides to start a vocal orchestra to lift the spirits of the inmates, but the domineering Japanese guards want to put a stop to it.
Based on stories of women who survived internment in Japanese POW camps, Paradise Road is a story of hope, courage and survival. It is studied in[[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia Australian schools]] as an example of conflict, [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian history]], and women's stories.
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Based on stories of women who survived internment in Japanese POW camps, Paradise Road is a story of hope, courage and survival. It is studied in [[SchoolStudyMedia [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia Australian schools]] as an example of conflict, [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian history]], and women's stories.
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* PunchClockVillain: The bald Japanese guard who sings to Glenn Close, and the interpreter who was conscripted and used to be a schoolteacher.
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* ScrewTheWarWerePartying: The movie opens with the fall of Singapore in [=WW2=] and everyone is having a giant party, despite the encroaching Japanese invasion force. At one point a shell bursts right outside the hotel they are all partying in, and the waitstaff's response is to try and protect the elaborate champagne fountains and stop fleeing people stealing drinks. Both service personnel and civilians are present here, and nobody seems to be taking the threat of invasion seriously. Sadly this is very much based in reality.
* ScrewTheWarWerePartying: The movie opens with the fall of Singapore in [=WW2=] and everyone is having a giant party, despite the encroaching Japanese invasion force. At one point a shell bursts right outside the hotel they are all partying in, and the waitstaff's response is to try and protect the elaborate champagne fountains and stop fleeing people stealing drinks. Both service personnel and civilians are present here, and nobody seems to be taking the threat of invasion seriously. Sadly this is very much based in reality.
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''Paradise Road'' is a 1997 war film by Australian director Bruce Beresford, starring Creator/GlennClose, Creator/FrancesMcDormand, and Julianna Margulies. It is also notable as containing one of a young Creator/CateBlanchett's very first film roles.
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''Paradise Road'' is a 1997 war film by Australian director Bruce Beresford, Creator/BruceBeresford, starring Creator/GlennClose, Creator/FrancesMcDormand, and Julianna Margulies.Creator/JuliannaMargulies. It is also notable as containing one of a young Creator/CateBlanchett's very first film roles.
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* TitleDrop: Starts off as something vaguely hopeful when Margaret gives the eulogy at [[spoiler: Wing's]] funeral but ends up a euphemism for dying.
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* TitleDrop: Starts off as something vaguely hopeful when Margaret gives the eulogy at [[spoiler: Wing's]] funeral but ends up a euphemism for dying.dying.
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* PluckyGirl: Susan Mc Carthy is the most obvious example but almost all the protagonists to some extent.
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''Paradise Road'' is a 1997 war film by Australian director Bruce Beresford. It charts the journey of a group of women from Australia, the USA, the UK and the Netherlands as they are taken prisoner by the Japanese in UsefulNotes/WorldWar2. One of the women, Adrienne Pargiter (Creator/GlennClose), decides to start a vocal orchestra to lift the spirits of the inmates, but the domineering Japanese guards want to put a stop to it.
''Paradise Road'' is a 1997 war film by Australian director Bruce Beresford. It charts the journey of a group of women from Australia, the USA, the UK and the Netherlands as they are taken prisoner by the Japanese in UsefulNotes/WorldWar2. One of the women, Adrienne Pargiter (Creator/GlennClose), decides to start a vocal orchestra to lift the spirits of the inmates, but the domineering Japanese guards want to put a stop to it.
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''Paradise Road'' is a 1997 war film by Australian director Bruce
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Paradise Road is a 1997 war film by Australian director Bruce Beresford. It charts the journey of a group of women from Australia, the USA, the UK and the Netherlands as they are taken prisoner by the Japanese in UsefulNotes/WorldWar2. One woman decides to start a vocal orchestra to lift the spirits of the inmates, but the domineering Japanese guards want to put a stop to it.
Based on stories of women who survived internment in Japanese POW camps, Paradise Road is a story of hope, courage and survival. It is studied in [[SchoolStudyMedia Australian schools]] as an example of conflict, [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian history]] and women's stories.
Based on stories of women who survived internment in Japanese POW camps, Paradise Road is a story of hope, courage and survival. It is studied in [[SchoolStudyMedia Australian schools]] as an example of conflict, [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian history]] and women's stories.
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* TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar: It's a plot point that Japan ''hasn't'' signed the Geneva Convention and so can do whatever they want to the female prisoners (this didn't stop them from being prosecuted afterward though).
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Paradise Road is a 1997 war film by Australian director Bruce Beresford. It charts the journey of a group of women from Australia, the USA, the UK and the Netherlands as they are taken prisoner by the Japanese in WorldWar2.UsefulNotes/WorldWar2. One woman decides to start a vocal orchestra to lift the spirits of the inmates, but the domineering Japanese guards want to put a stop to it.
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Based on stories of women who survived internment in Japanese POW camps, Paradise Road is a story of hope, courage and survival. It is studied in [[SchoolStudyMedia Australian schools]] as an example of conflict, [[AussiesWithArtillery [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian history]] and women's stories.
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* AmericaSavesTheDay - Topsy hopes 'her boys' will invoke this, and by dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki they kind of do.
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* ColdBloodedTorture - Glenn Close's character is locked in a cage in full sun, and Cate Blanchett's character is made to kneel surrounded by spikes, in the Sumatran sun, for two days and a night.
* CurbStompBattle - Dozens of Japanese fighter planes versus a passenger boat full of women and children.
* DueToTheDead - the notable examples would be the first funeral in the camp where we get the first TitleDrop, and [[spoiler: Margaret/Daisy's funeral where the women, after being taunted by the SmugSnake, pick up stones and play a march.]]
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]] - Cate Blanchett, Julianna Marguiles and Jennifer Ehle all have roles from before they were massive.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Dr. Verstak keeps herself alive by broadcasting that she is a doctor. Toward the end of the movie, she reveals to the women that she is a doctor of philosophy.
* PluckyGirl - Susan Mc Carthy is the most obvious example but almost all the protagonists to some extent.
* PunchClockVillain - the bald Japanese guard who sings to Glenn Close, and the interpreter who was conscripted and used to be a schoolteacher.
* SmugSnake - the Japanese Secret Police member.
* StiffUpperLip - the British characters.
* TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar - it's a plot point that Japan ''hasn't'' signed them and so can do whatever they want to the female prisoners.
* TitleDrop - Starts off as something vaguely hopeful when Margaret gives the eulogy at [[spoiler: Wing's]] funeral but ends up a euphemism for dying.
* ColdBloodedTorture - Glenn Close's character is locked in a cage in full sun, and Cate Blanchett's character is made to kneel surrounded by spikes, in the Sumatran sun, for two days and a night.
* CurbStompBattle - Dozens of Japanese fighter planes versus a passenger boat full of women and children.
* DueToTheDead - the notable examples would be the first funeral in the camp where we get the first TitleDrop, and [[spoiler: Margaret/Daisy's funeral where the women, after being taunted by the SmugSnake, pick up stones and play a march.]]
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]] - Cate Blanchett, Julianna Marguiles and Jennifer Ehle all have roles from before they were massive.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Dr. Verstak keeps herself alive by broadcasting that she is a doctor. Toward the end of the movie, she reveals to the women that she is a doctor of philosophy.
* PluckyGirl - Susan Mc Carthy is the most obvious example but almost all the protagonists to some extent.
* PunchClockVillain - the bald Japanese guard who sings to Glenn Close, and the interpreter who was conscripted and used to be a schoolteacher.
* SmugSnake - the Japanese Secret Police member.
* StiffUpperLip - the British characters.
* TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar - it's a plot point that Japan ''hasn't'' signed them and so can do whatever they want to the female prisoners.
* TitleDrop - Starts off as something vaguely hopeful when Margaret gives the eulogy at [[spoiler: Wing's]] funeral but ends up a euphemism for dying.
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*CurbStompBattle - CurbStompBattle: Dozens of Japanese fighter planes versus a passenger boat full of women and children.
*DueToTheDead - the DueToTheDead: The notable examples would be the first funeral in the camp where we get the first TitleDrop, and [[spoiler: Margaret/Daisy's funeral where the women, after being taunted by the SmugSnake, pick up stones and play a march.]]
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]] - Cate Blanchett, Julianna Marguiles and Jennifer Ehle all have roles from before they were massive.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Dr. Verstak keeps herself alive by broadcasting that she is a doctor. Toward the end of the movie, she reveals to the women that she is a doctor of philosophy. However, her husband was a physician and she does have some medical knowledge.
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*StiffUpperLip - the StiffUpperLip: The British characters.
*TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar - it's TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar: It's a plot point that Japan ''hasn't'' signed them and so can do whatever they want to the female prisoners.
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-->"It is our Paradise Road...How silent is this place."
Paradise Road is a 1997 war film by Australian director Bruce Beresford. It charts the journey of a group of women from Australia, the USA, the UK and the Netherlands as they are taken prisoner by the Japanese in WorldWar2. One woman decides to start a vocal orchestra to lift the spirits of the inmates, but the domineering Japanese guards want to put a stop to it.
Based on stories of women who survived internment in Japanese POW camps, Paradise Road is a story of hope, courage and survival. It is studied in [[SchoolStudyMedia Australian schools]] as an example of conflict, [[AussiesWithArtillery Australian history]] and women's stories.
!!Tropes included in this film.
* AmericaSavesTheDay - Topsy hopes 'her boys' will invoke this, and by dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki they kind of do.
** Though Australia is mentioned to be chasing the Japanese soldiers around the Pacific Islands and this is arguably more threatening.
* BreakTheCutie - The movie.
* ColdBloodedTorture - Glenn Close's character is locked in a cage in full sun, and Cate Blanchett's character is made to kneel surrounded by spikes, in the Sumatran sun, for two days and a night.
* CurbStompBattle - Dozens of Japanese fighter planes versus a passenger boat full of women and children.
* DueToTheDead - the notable examples would be the first funeral in the camp where we get the first TitleDrop, and [[spoiler: Margaret/Daisy's funeral where the women, after being taunted by the SmugSnake, pick up stones and play a march.]]
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]] - Cate Blanchett, Julianna Marguiles and Jennifer Ehle all have roles from before they were massive.
* PluckyGirl - Susan Mc Carthy is the most obvious example but almost all the protagonists to some extent.
* PunchClockVillain - the bald Japanese guard who sings to Glenn Close, and the interpreter who was conscripted and used to be a schoolteacher.
* SmugSnake - the Japanese Secret Police member.
* StiffUpperLip - the British characters.
* TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar - it's a plot point that Japan ''hasn't'' signed them and so can do whatever they want to the female prisoners.
* TitleDrop - Starts off as something vaguely hopeful when Margaret gives the eulogy at [[spoiler: Wing's]] funeral but ends up a euphemism for dying.
Paradise Road is a 1997 war film by Australian director Bruce Beresford. It charts the journey of a group of women from Australia, the USA, the UK and the Netherlands as they are taken prisoner by the Japanese in WorldWar2. One woman decides to start a vocal orchestra to lift the spirits of the inmates, but the domineering Japanese guards want to put a stop to it.
Based on stories of women who survived internment in Japanese POW camps, Paradise Road is a story of hope, courage and survival. It is studied in [[SchoolStudyMedia Australian schools]] as an example of conflict, [[AussiesWithArtillery Australian history]] and women's stories.
!!Tropes included in this film.
* AmericaSavesTheDay - Topsy hopes 'her boys' will invoke this, and by dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki they kind of do.
** Though Australia is mentioned to be chasing the Japanese soldiers around the Pacific Islands and this is arguably more threatening.
* BreakTheCutie - The movie.
* ColdBloodedTorture - Glenn Close's character is locked in a cage in full sun, and Cate Blanchett's character is made to kneel surrounded by spikes, in the Sumatran sun, for two days and a night.
* CurbStompBattle - Dozens of Japanese fighter planes versus a passenger boat full of women and children.
* DueToTheDead - the notable examples would be the first funeral in the camp where we get the first TitleDrop, and [[spoiler: Margaret/Daisy's funeral where the women, after being taunted by the SmugSnake, pick up stones and play a march.]]
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]] - Cate Blanchett, Julianna Marguiles and Jennifer Ehle all have roles from before they were massive.
* PluckyGirl - Susan Mc Carthy is the most obvious example but almost all the protagonists to some extent.
* PunchClockVillain - the bald Japanese guard who sings to Glenn Close, and the interpreter who was conscripted and used to be a schoolteacher.
* SmugSnake - the Japanese Secret Police member.
* StiffUpperLip - the British characters.
* TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar - it's a plot point that Japan ''hasn't'' signed them and so can do whatever they want to the female prisoners.
* TitleDrop - Starts off as something vaguely hopeful when Margaret gives the eulogy at [[spoiler: Wing's]] funeral but ends up a euphemism for dying.
