Paradise (1982 film)

Paradise
Paradise
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stuart Gillard
Written by	Stuart Gillard
Produced by	Robert Lantos; Stephen J. Roth;
Starring	Willie Aames; Phoebe Cates; Tuvia Tavi;
Cinematography	Adam Greenberg
Edited by	Howard Terrill
Music by	Paul Hoffert
Production; company	RSL Films
Distributed by	New World-Mutual
Release date	May 7, 1982;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	CA$3.5 million
Box office	$5.5 million or $2,355,145

Paradise is a 1982 Canadian adventure-romance film written and directed by Stuart Gillard (in his directorial debut). It stars Phoebe Cates, Willie Aames, and Tuvia Tavi. The original music score was composed by Paul Hoffert with the theme song written and produced by Joel Diamond and L. Russell Brown and sung by Phoebe Cates.^[3]

It was critiqued at the time as a "knockoff" of the more famous The Blue Lagoon, as it shared a similar story to the 1980 film.^[4]

^ "'Paradise (1982)' Box Office stats". Box office mojo. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
^ Closing credits of Paradise (1982) VHS (DVD released outside the US)
^ Sheffield, Skip (May 11, 1982). "Lost in 'Paradise'". Boca Raton News. Vol. 27, no. 138. p. 17.