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The Beach (2000) -- 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.
The Beach (2000) -- 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.
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Overview

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Director:
Danny Boyle
Writers:
John Hodge (screenplay)
Alex Garland (novel)
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Release Date:
11 February 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
Paradise has its price more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(92 articles)
Danny Boyle's next pic announced
 (From Corona's Coming Attractions. 5 November 2009, 12:40 AM, PST)

Has Alex Garland Written The Script For Judge Dredd?
 (From Screen Rant. 9 September 2009, 11:29 AM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

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]
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, some strong sexuality, language and drug content.
Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA | UK
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bangkok, Thailand more
Company:
Figment Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The phrase "Sutra cu putovati mnogo milja biciklom" uttered by Sonja (played by Zelda Tinska ) in the movie, is Serbian for "Tomorrow I will travel many miles on a bicycle." more
Goofs:
Continuity: After the shark attack there is a large trail of blood on the beach.... then all of a sudden it's pure white again. more
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.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Movie Stars: The Two Faces of Steve (#2.1)" (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Richard, It's Business As Usual more

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As Appealing As A Trip To The Beach On A Rainy Day, 10 December 2007
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Author: Theo Robertson from Isle Of Bute, Scotland

Ah backpacking across the world . What an exciting thing it is - but only if you're a rare and remarkable person . Travelling all over the world isn't all it's cracked up to be . You might get a one night stand , you might get stoned but to be honest couldn't you have got that at home ? Did you really need to go the ends of the earth for that ? If you're a rare remarkable person you'll also get altitude sickness , suffer dysentery , catch ringworm and under go a rabies scare . You'll have wasted all your money on plane tickets and inoculations and the only thing you'll have to show for it is a small paragraph in the obituary column of the local newspaper after dying from a rare tropical disease

THE BEACH is very similar in many ways . It's based on a well regarded novel by Alex Garland , features Leonardo Dicaprio a megastar after his role in TITANIC and is directed by Danny Boyle one of Britain's greatest living directors and yet it's a film that is difficult to enjoy and it's easy to explain why - characterisation

Take one American pretty boy , send him in Thailand , stick him on an island with a bunch of selfish , unsympathetic people and watch a potentially good film fall apart . Did anyone like the characters in this movie ? Neither did I . I haven't read Garland's novel but I'm led to believe there's a scene where a giant squid is washed up on the beach and the characters eat it only to end up with food poisoning . I would have enjoyed this movie much more if all the characters had died from food poisoning . When you watch a movie and the most likable character is a mad mental foul mouthed dope smoking Scotsman then you know the producers have got a problem

Another thing I had problems with is the way Leonardo Dicaprio's character Richard suddenly turns from inquisitive backpacker into Colonel Kurtz . Something similar happens in another Boyle movie 28 DAYS LATER but at least in that movie you're aware of the character's motive even if it is fairly unconvincing . Here you do find yourself wondering the explanation ended up on the cutting room floor or even if it was excluded at draft stage . Not only that but you find that the characters remain unchanged by events at the end therefore there is zero character development

Danny Boyle has said that he makes quintessential British films and it's difficult to disagree with him . TRAINSPOTTING has a strong feel of time and place while 28 DAYS LATER mirrors the British apocalypse writers of the 1950s . THE BEACH with its exotic foreign location and its American star definitely feels like it's made for an American audience and Boyle tries too hard to pander to their taste . That's why THE BEACH is probably Boyle's weakest film to date

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