The Beach (2000)
- Directed by
- Danny Boyle
- Genre
- drama film, thriller, melodrama, adventure film, psychological thriller film
- Country
- Thailand, United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 4,741 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young American backpacker joins a secretive community on an isolated Thai island. He and a French couple discover the hidden colony and must navigate its rules and growing dangers.
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What happens
The Beach is a 2000 adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle, from a screenplay by John Hodge, based on the 1996 novel by Alex Garland. A British–American co-production, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, and Robert Carlyle. The plot centers on a young American backpacker and a French couple who discover a colony of people living on an uninhabited island and contend with the local dangers there. It was filmed on the Thai island of Ko Phi Phi Le. The film was released on 11 February 2000 by 20th Century Fox. It was a box-office success, grossing $144.1 million against a $50 million budget, but received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the film's scenery, soundtrack and DiCaprio's performance, but criticised it as a muddled adaptation that loses the book's themes and social commentary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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