http://movies.tvguide.com/paradise-road/132234?rss=object The latest on Paradise Road TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/images/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://movies.tvguide.com/paradise-road/132234?rss=object http://video.tvguide.com/ID/821832?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/821832?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/167/007026_42.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Paradise Road" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Based on the testimony of survivors, this historical drama recounts the WWII heroism of female prisoners of war. (Glenn Close) stars as Adrienne Partiger, a society doyenne who flees Singapore with other expatriate women, mostly the wives of servicemen, when Japanese forces invade in 1942. When their gunboat is sunk in an air attack, the survivors wash ashore on Japanese-held Sumatra. The women are interned in a grim POW camp where punishments for even minor infractions are extreme. With the help of a missionary (Pauline Collins), Partiger corrals the women, including a tough American (Julianna Margulies), an Australian nurse (Cate Blanchett) and a young wife (Jennifer Ehle) into a musical group. Since singing is not allowed, the a cappella chorus dubs itself a vocal orchestra and is tolerated -- if barely -- by their Japanese captors. Though living conditions are squalid, food is scarce, and a thin sliver of soap inspires a shower brawl, the music keeps spirits uplifted and a Jewish-German doctor (Frances Mc</p> Video Detective http://video.tvguide.com/ID/821832?rss=object Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:05:33 -0400 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/821832?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/167/007026_42.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Paradise Road" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Based on the testimony of survivors, this historical drama recounts the WWII heroism of female prisoners of war. (Glenn Close) stars as Adrienne Partiger, a society doyenne who flees Singapore with other expatriate women, mostly the wives of servicemen, when Japanese forces invade in 1942. When their gunboat is sunk in an air attack, the survivors wash ashore on Japanese-held Sumatra. The women are interned in a grim POW camp where punishments for even minor infractions are extreme. With the help of a missionary (Pauline Collins), Partiger corrals the women, including a tough American (Julianna Margulies), an Australian nurse (Cate Blanchett) and a young wife (Jennifer Ehle) into a musical group. Since singing is not allowed, the a cappella chorus dubs itself a vocal orchestra and is tolerated -- if barely -- by their Japanese captors. Though living conditions are squalid, food is scarce, and a thin sliver of soap inspires a shower brawl, the music keeps spirits uplifted and a Jewish-German doctor (Frances Mc</p> Paradise Road