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.
Ian Pringle shared the Interfilm Jury Prize for The Plains of Heaven at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film festival in 1982.
[2] The film was made for a budget of $100,000, which came to $160,000 after deferrals and a marketing grant.
[3] $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.
[1] Pringle says the film ran out of money three weeks into the shoot but they managed to find more to finish it.