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The Beast

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19961996
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 56m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
2.8K
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The Beast (1996)
The Beast
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Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth ... Read allMysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic squid.Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic squid.
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2.8K
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  • Stars
    • William Petersen
    • Karen Sillas
    • Charles Martin Smith
  • Stars
    • William Petersen
    • Karen Sillas
    • Charles Martin Smith
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    • 46User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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    William Petersen
    William Petersen
    • Whip Dalton
    Karen Sillas
    Karen Sillas
    • Lt. Kathryn Marcus
    Charles Martin Smith
    Charles Martin Smith
    • Schuyler Graves
    Ronald Guttman
    Ronald Guttman
    • Dr. Herbert Talley
    Missy Crider
    Missy Crider
    • Dana Dalton
    Sterling Macer Jr.
    Sterling Macer Jr.
    • Mike Newcombe
    Denis Arndt
    Denis Arndt
    • Osborne Manning
    A.J. Johnson
    A.J. Johnson
    • Nell Newcombe
    Larry Drake
    Larry Drake
    • Lucas Coven
    Murray Bartlett
    Murray Bartlett
    • Christopher Lane
    Laura Vazquez
    Laura Vazquez
    • Hadley
    Robert Mammone
    Robert Mammone
    • Ensign Raines
    David Webb
    • Jameson
    Marshall Napier
    Marshall Napier
    • Commander Wallingford
    Les Hill
    Les Hill
    • Spike Sanders
    Charlton Hill
    Charlton Hill
    • Chowder
    David Field
    David Field
    • Scranton
    Laurence Coy
    Laurence Coy
    • Farmer
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    • Trivia
      Port Angeles, the town that Howard & Elizabeth Griffin (Chad Tyler & Angie Milliken) called from the "Occupational Hazard" is on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, across the Juan de Fuca Strait from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. A major fault line runs along the middle of the strait, with the result that the two cities are on different tectonic plates.
    • Goofs
      Whip, the local fisherman, is regularly consulted and kept up to date by the Coast Guard, the scientific community, and the town politicians.
    • Quotes

      Whip Dalton: You go out and you try and kill it. But just so you understand exactly what it is you're dealing with: besides its eight huge tentacles, this thing has two whips. Each one is probably as long as this room and three or four feet thick. Those whips are covered with suction cups as big as this notepad. In the center of each cup is a claw as big as my fist and razor sharp. The squid grabs and impales his pray with those whips and drags it towards its beak, shredding the flesh as it goes, and these things can shred a one hundred pound tuna in five seconds. Its beak is like an eagle's, only it's about fifty times bigger and can bite through steel. Now, you make a mistake trying to kill this thing, and it gets you first - like it did the Griffins and those two divers - you pray to God those whips kill you before you get to that beak.

    • Alternate versions
      The 2 disc DVD release contains the full 2 part 176 minute version.
    • Connections
      References 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

    User reviews46

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    8/10
    A Very Enjoyable Movie
    I don't agree with the other review at all I though even though they did mess with the story from the book if you forget about the book and concentrate on the movie itself its a pretty good movie.Sure it wasn't done on a high budget but its not cheesy and all in all the special effects are good.I think if you liked Jaws or any of its sequels you'd like this movie I certainly do.I thought it was a really good movie and I think that the squids look really good.I liked the fact that they kept them to a huge size but a size of squid the could exist.Its makes it seemed scarier to me.If you like monster movies or action movies like peter benchley's the deep I definitely think this is a movie for you.
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    • Sep 29, 2004

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    • Release date
      • April 28, 1996 (United States)
      • United States
      • Australia
      • English
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      • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Dan Wigutow Productions
      • MCA Television Entertainment (MTE)
      • Michael R. Joyce Productions
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    • 2 hours 56 minutes
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      • Stereo

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