The Plains of Heaven

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The Plains of Heaven
Directed by Ian Pringle
Written byDoug Ling
Elizabeth Parsons
Ian Pringle
Produced byJohn Cruthers
Starring Reg Evans
Gerard Kennedy
CinematographyRay Argall
Edited byRay Argall
Music byAndrew Duffield
Production
company
Seon Films
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$160,000 [1]

The Plains of Heaven is a 1982 Australian film directed by Ian Pringle, about two men at a remote satellite relay station who contemplate their obsessions. The film was re-released in the USA as Panic Station.

Contents

Ian Pringle shared the Interfilm Jury Prize for The Plains of Heaven at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film festival in 1982. [2]

Cast

Production

The film was made for a budget of $100,000, which came to $160,000 after deferrals and a marketing grant. [3] $60,000 came from the Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission and the film was shot at Falls Creek in the Bogong High Plans over four weeks. [1] Pringle says the film ran out of money three weeks into the shoot but they managed to find more to finish it. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p73-74
  2. IMDb awards
  3. Mark Stiles, "An Interview with director Ian Pringle", Cinema Papers, March 1983 p28
  4. Paul Byrnes, "Making the Most on a Shoe String", The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 1986 p18 accessed 21 November 2012