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The Plains of Heaven
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Wikipedia article
'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.
Ian Pringle shared the Interfilm Award win for 'The Plains of Heaven' at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film festival in 1982.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084510/awards IMDb awards]
Cast
*Richard Moir as Barker
*Reg Evans as Cunningham
*Gerard Kennedy as Lenko
*John Flaus as Landrover owner
*Jenny Cartledge as Nurse
*Brian McKenzie as Lewis
Production
The film was made for a budget of $100,000, which came to $160,000 after deferrals and a marketing grant.Mark Stiles, "An Interview with director Ian Pringle", 'Cinema Papers', March 1983 p28 $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. Pringle says the film ran out of money three weeks into the shoot but they managed to find more to finish it.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19860515&id=XjZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OegDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1441,10720655 Paul Byrnes, "Making the Most on a Shoe String", 'The Sydney Morning Herald', 15 May 1986 p18] accessed 21 November 2012
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