The Beach (2000/I)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writers:

John Hodge (screenplay)
Alex Garland (novel)

Release Date:

11 February 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Paradise has its price

Plot:

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

Plot Keywords:

Map | Paradise | Video Game | Suicide | Thailand

Awards:

7 nominations

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Richard
Daniel York	...	Hustler
Patcharawan Patarakijjanon	...	Hotel Receptionist
Virginie Ledoyen	...	Françoise
Guillaume Canet	...	Étienne
Robert Carlyle	...	Daffy
Somboon Phutaroth	...	Cleaning Woman
Weeratham 'Norman' Wichairaksakui	...	Detective
Jak Boon	...	Travel Agent
Peter Youngblood Hills	...	Zeph
Jerry Swindall	...	Sammy
Krongthong Thampradith	...	Woman with Key
Abhijati 'Meuk' Jusakul	...	Senior Farmer (as Abhijati 'Muek' Jusakul)
Sanya 'Gai' Cheunjit	...	Farmer
Kaneung 'Nueng' Kenia	...	Farmer

Also Known As:

A Praia (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
La plage (Canada: French title) (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
La playa (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Пляж (Russia) [ru]
A part (Hungary) [hu]
Beach (Sweden) [sv]
Beach (Finland) [fi]
Ha-Hof (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
I paralia (Greece) [el]
Kumsal (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Pláz (Czech Republic) [cs]
Stranden (Norway) [no]
The Beach (Germany) [de]
The Beach (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some strong sexuality, language and drug content.

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | French | Swedish | Thai | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL | Brazil:18 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KT | Canada:14A | Finland:K-14 (video rating) | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 (original rating) | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #36919) | Philippines:R-18 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Figment Films

Trivia:

The videogame recreation scene in the jungle was inspired upon the game 'Banjo-Kazooie (1998)', developed by Rare Ltd., according to Danny Boyle.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Richard, Francoise and Etienne look over to the island judging its distance, the sunlight changes between long shots and close-ups.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Richard: My name is Richard. So what else do you need to know? Stuff about my family, or where I'm from? None of that matters. Not once you cross the ocean and cut yourself loose, looking for something more beautiful, something more exciting and yes, I admit, something more dangerous. So after eighteen hours in the back of an airplane, three dumb movies, two plastic meals, six beers and absolutely no sleep, I finally touch down; in Bangkok.

Movie Connections:

References Banjo-Kazooie (1998) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Out of Control

Very good

I'll be brief. I didn't want to watch 'The Beach' because of the bad reviews, but when I accidentally came across it while surfing through the channels, I couldn't stop watching.

If you're young and have a thing for interesting stories, you'll love this one.

10/10