The Plains of Heaven | |
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Directed by | Ian Pringle |
Written by | Doug Ling Elizabeth Parsons Ian Pringle |
Produced by | John Cruthers |
Starring |
Reg Evans Gerard Kennedy |
Cinematography | Ray Argall |
Edited by | Ray Argall |
Music by | Andrew Duffield |
Production company | Seon Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | AU$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.
Ian Pringle shared the Interfilm Jury Prize for The Plains of Heaven at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film festival in 1982. [2]
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]