Surrender in Paradise

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Surrender in Paradise
Directed byPeter Cox
Written byPeter Cox
Produced byPeter Cox
Starring
Cinematography Donald McAlpine
Edited by
  • Bob Blasall
  • Peter Cox
Music byRalph Tyrrell
Production
company
Paradise Pictures
Release date
  • 4 October 1976 (1976-10-04)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$30,000 [1]

Surrender in Paradise is a 1976 Australian film directed by Peter Cox and starring Ross Gilbert and Errol O'Neill. [2] It has been referred to as "Queensland's first alternative film". [3]

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Plot

Around 1900, bushranger Rusty Swan receives a message that his mother is dying. He sets off with his partner Cecil and girlfriend Valda to see her, chased by a posse led by Sergeant Rutter. They travel through time and wind up in modern-day Surfers Paradise.

Cast

Production

Two thirds of the film's cost was provided by the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia council. Shooting took place in November and December 1975 near Brisbane and on the Queensland Gold Coast. [1] [4]

It was the first and only feature film from Queensland director Peter Cox. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 304
  2. ↑ Surrender in Paradise at National Film and Sound Archive
  3. ↑ 'Melbourne Fringe Award: Best Original Australian Work - in memoriam of Caz Howard and supported by Theatre Works', Theatreworks accessed 5 Oct 2012
  4. ↑ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p333
  5. ↑ Peter Cox CV accessed 5 Oct 2012


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