The Plains of Heaven

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.

Cast

Richard Moir as Barker
Reg Evans as Cunningham
Gerard Kennedy as Lenko
John Flaus as Land Rover owner
Jenny Cartledge as Nurse
Brian McKenzie as Lewis

Production

The film was made for a budget of $100,000, which came to $160,000 after deferrals and a marketing grant. $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. Pringle says the film ran out of money three weeks into the shoot but they managed to find more to finish it.