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Release Date:
March 19, 1992
Original Title:
Turtle Beach
Alternate Titles:
Praia dos Sonhos
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
Regency International Pictures
Village Roadshow Entertainment
Production Countries:
Australia | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18
Runtime: 90
Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to land secretly in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.
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Assistant Grip:
Aron Walker
Camera Operator:
David Williamson
Clapper Loader:
Richard Bradshaw
Director:
Stephen Wallace
Director of Photography:
Russell Boyd
Editor:
Lee Smith
Louise Innes
Focus Puller:
Colin Deane
John Platt
Grip:
Kerry Jackson
Pat Nash
Warren Grieef
Key Grip:
Ray Brown
Music Director:
Chris Neal
Novel:
Blanche D'Alpuget
Production Design:
Brian Thomson
Still Photographer:
Jim Sheldon
Writer:
Ann Turner
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