Fun City Editions has provided details and street date for Stuart Gillard'sParadise (1982), starring Phoebe Cates, Willie Aames, Tuvia Tavi, Joseph Shiloach, and Richard Curnock. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on October 8.
Description: Romance and adventure abound in this lyrical story of two teenagers who come of age in the isolation of a lush desert oasis. In the nineteenth century Middle East, David (Willie Aames, TV's EIGHT IS ENOUGH) and Sarah (Phoebe Cates, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH) are the only survivors of a caravan massacre carried out by an infamous slave trader known as the Jackal (Tuvia Tavi, SAHARA), who is obsessed with Sarah's beauty. Fleeing the Jackal, they stumble on a magical place they will come to know as "Paradise," where they discover refuge, sustenance...and each other.
This version contains several minutes of never-before-seen footage, as well as the chart-topping theme song sung by Phoebe Cates.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW audio commentary by Nathaniel Thompson
NEW essays by Margaret Barton-Fumo and Amanda Reyes (booklet in first pressing only)