Surrender in Paradise

Surrender in Paradise
Directed by Peter Cox
Produced by Peter Cox
Written by Peter Cox
Starring Ross Gilbert
Errol O'Neill
Music by Ralph Tyrrell
Cinematography Don McAlpine
Edited by Bob Blasall
Peter Cox
Production
company
Paradise Pictures
Release dates
 4 October 1976
Running time
 92 minutes
Country Australia
Language English
Budget AU$30,000[1]

Surrender in Paradise is a 1976 Australian film.[2] It has been referred to as "Queensland's first alternative film".[3]

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]

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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