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The Beach (I) (2000) 6.5
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6.5/10 from 109,728 users
Metascore: 43/100
Reviews: 527 user | 115 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Danny Boyle |
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Weeratham 'Norman' Wichairaksakui | ... |
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Jerry Swindall | ... |
Sammy
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Krongthong Thampradith | ... |
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Apichart Chusakul | ... |
Senior Farmer
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Sanya 'Gai' Cheunjit | ... |
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Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. Written by Mike Arndt <clayton@hooked.net>
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Release Date:
11 February 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La playa See more »Box Office
Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£2,418,321 (UK) (11 February 2000)Gross:
$39,778,599 (USA) (5 May 2000)Company Credits
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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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Written by Richard Ashcroft, Wil Malone and DJ Shadow (as J. Davis)
Performed and Produced by Unkle (as UNKLE)
Courtesy of Mo'Wax Recordings / A&M Records Ltd. London
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Trivia
Ewan McGregor was Danny Boyle's first choice to play the part of Richard. The studio wanted Leonardo DiCaprio and cast him before Boyle could intervene. While McGregor blames the studio, he has reportedly not spoken to Boyle since. See more »Goofs
The picture used for the virtual postcard near the end of the movie is not the same picture taken back at the beach, because some of the minor and main characters have changed positions and/or struck a different pose. See 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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Soundtracks
"Lonely Soul"Written by Richard Ashcroft, Wil Malone and DJ Shadow (as J. Davis)
Performed and Produced by Unkle (as UNKLE)
Courtesy of Mo'Wax Recordings / A&M Records Ltd. London
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Danny Boyle did an exquisite job on this film. When I first learned that it was indeed a Danny Boyle film I was a bit disappointed that it didn't have any of his "original" cast members... the people that he always works with. When I learned that Robert Carlyle was in this, I was ecstatic. This film has so many wonderful points, I can't list them all. I'm just going to say that "enjoy your dinner Richard" was a classic cinematic moment. A great thing about this film is that it's a wonderful representation of a microcosm of todays society. It shows that no matter how hard you try to escape all the wrongs in life, and all of your daily annoyances, they'll still be there no matter where you escape to. This film doesn't go from beginning to end. It circles. There is no ending because their lives didn't end. Truly a supreme film. It is what one should expect from a man like Danny Boyle. Leonardo DiCaprio gives another amazing performance. It takes a wonderful actor to be able to portray an emotion such as insanity just with his eyes, and he did so wonderfully!