Town like alice movie

A town like alice 1956 a remarkable movie, completely under everyones radar, about a group of english women in asia during world war ii. English jean virginia mckenna having just returned to a malaysian village where shes paid for a new well, flashing back to wwii, john fabian her boss, eileen moore his wife, early in a town like alice, 1958 view the tcmdb entry for a town like alice 1958. Bryan brown, gordon jackson, dorothy allison, yuki shimoda, helen morse, official content from new world video. Released by southern cross in 1986 sccd 10 containing music from a town like alice 1981. A town like alice is a classic romance among other things, by nevil shute. A town like alice is a 1956 british drama film produced by joseph janni and starring virginia mckenna and peter finch that is based on the 1950 novel by nevil shute. Bryan brown, gordon jackson, dorothy allison, yuki shimoda, helen morse, official content from new world video movie, a town like.

Many years ago i saw a town like alice, and remember the ending distinctly. In 1941, the advancing japanese army captures a lot of british territory very quickly. A town like alice by nevil shute smart bitches, trashy books. Told through the eyes of jean paget, a young englishwoman, the film focuses. Based on nevil shutes bestselling novel, a town like alice gave audiences a. A town like alice dvd region 1 complete 1981 miniseries. They suffer under the hands of the japanese not as prisoners, quite, but as refugees caught between captors. A classic war movie like no other, because it is told from a womans perspective.

Thinking back, she recalls the australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war. It was published in 1950, and reflects the bias and prejudices of its time, but its also a powerful book about a smart, tough, resourceful young woman. The fact that this film doesnt cover the second part of the book makes it almost impossible to understand why the heck the title is a town like alice but on another hand, once you watched it, you can read the book and still be impressed by it, as it contains many a treasure not treated on the screen. A town like alice is a british film released in 1956. Apr 29, 20 a town like alice is a historic romance in which the romantic relationship is the least successful thing about the movie. Jean paget, a young englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner of world war ii in malaya, and after liberation emigrates to australia to be with him, where she attempts, by investing her substantial financial inheritance, to. A town like alice 1981 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. The film does not follow the whole novel, concluding at the end of part two and truncating or omitting much detail.

A town like alice season 1, episode 1 a town like alice a sixpart drama focusing on two prisoners of war helen morse, bryan brown in japanesecontrolled malaya during wwii. The legacy is a romance novel by nevil shute, published in 1950 when shute had newly settled in australia. A town like alice nfsa national film and sound archive. Set against the brutal chaos of world war ii, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing a town like alice near you. It is a shortened version ending with the meeting at the airport. A tale of survival in 1941, the advancing japanese army captures a lot of british territory very quickly. English jean virginia mckenna having just returned to a malaysian village where shes paid for a new well, flashing back to wwii, john fabian her boss, eileen moore his wife, early in a town like alice, 1958. Read the a town like alice plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. Set against the brutal chaos of world war ii, a love story begins that will take two lovers. Town like alice, a movie clip that day in kuala lumpur. Bryan brown, dorothy allison, yuki shimoda, helen morse, gordon jackson. A town like alice was successful, both in australia and internationally, leading to the rank organisation returning to australia to make robbery under arms 1957 with peter finch staring as the bushranger captain starlight. From the excellent 1981 australian miniseries, based on the neville shute novel.

In 1997 a sixpart radio version of a town like alice was broadcast on bbc radio 2 starring jason connery, becky hindley, bernard hepton and virginia mckenna who had starred as the novels heroine, jean paget, in the 1956 movie version. This is an image that sticks in my mind whenever this film is mentioned. A town like alice tv miniseries is a film directed by david stevens with helen morse, bryan brown, gordon jackson, dorothy alison, year. A town like alice soundtrack from 1981, composed by bruce smeaton. Based on nevil shutes international bestselling novel a town like alice. Oct 11, 2008 from the excellent 1981 australian miniseries, based on the neville shute novel.

This version stared peter finch as joe harmon as an australian pow and virginia mckenn as jean paget, an english woman being marched around the coutnry side of the malay penninsula by her japanese captors. Jul 17, 2006 a town like alice a relationship develops between a female pow marched by the japanese army from camp to camp and an australian soldier trying to help out the british women and children prisoners. A town like alice dvd region one playable in the us, canada, mexico, etc. It was dramatised by moya oshea, produced by tracey neale and david blount and directed by david blount. A town like alice is one of my favorite books by nevil shute so i was pleased that masterpiece theater did such a believable job when they filmed it. Download nevil shutes a town like alice for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Set against the brutal chaos of world war ii, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of cap. A newly wealthy english woman returns to malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. The film is based on the moving novel by nevil shute. A town like alice official trailer a dark story based on nevil shutes novel that tells the story of a group of women and children forced to march through malaya by the japanese in ww ii. A town like alice rape of malaya 1956 rotten tomatoes. Alice springs in the northern territory of australia.

Released 1956, a town like alice stars virginia mckenna, peter finch, kenji takaki, jean anderson the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 47 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. A town like alice 1956 a town like alice is a historic romance in which the romantic relationship is the least successful thing about the movie. A town like alice 1981 miniseries dvd rarefilmsondvd. Watch the latest a town like alice trailer on video detective. A relationship develops between a female pow marched by the japanese army from camp to camp and an australian soldier trying to. A town like alice 1981 david stevens cast and crew. It tells the story of jean paget virginia mckenna, a young woman who is informed of her large inheritance by a solicitor, noel strachan. A town like alice similar films to watch if you like a town. A town like alice is a 1956 british drama film produced by joseph janni and starring virginia mckenna and peter finch that is based on the 1950 novel by.

See the full list of cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. As movie theaters close, studios are turning to videoondemand. From the steamy jungles of malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of australia based on nevil shute international bestselling novel a town like alice follows the lives of jean paget and joe harman. From the steamy jungles of malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of australia. Virginia mckenna, peter finch, maureen swanson, vincent ball en vincent bal. A town like alice, nevil shutes novel of the japanese occupation of malaya during world war ii, was first filmed as a theatrical feature in 1956. With helen morse, bryan brown, gordon jackson, dorothy alison. A town like alice set against the brutal chaos of world war ii, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades. Meeting in malayashe an attractive young english captive and he a cheerful australian pow tortured for a simple act of kindness. While some location shooting was undertaken in malaya and australia, most of the film was shot at pinewood studios in the uk.

Finch and mckenna inevitably are drawn to each other and together form a lasting bond. Fyi, the town like alice refers to the town where finchs character hails from. Years later my mother told me how she lost some relatives in the second world war as they. So i was really looking forward to watch this fine new bluray edition. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. Its very well cast with helen morse and bryan brown in the major roles and gordon jackson perfect as the sympathetic narrator. A town like alice 1980 an englishwoman helen morse and an australian prisoner of war bryan brown meet on malaya, then reunite after world war ii. Find movie and film cast and crew information for a town like alice 1981 david stevens on allmovie. Virginia mckenna and peter finch in fact spend less than 15 minutes of screen time together. Its australian success also suggested that people were hungry for feature films about australians, even if a town like alice was a british production.