Movie: The Beach (2000/I)

“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}”

  • Director: Danny Boyle
  • Release Date: 11 February 2000 (USA)
  • Run Time: 119 min
  • Country: USA , UK
  • Genre: Adventure , Drama , Thriller
  • MPAA: Rated R for violence, some strong sexuality, language and drug content.

Tagline: Paradise has its price

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.”

Goofs: Continuity: During their stroll on the beach, Francoise and Richard walk along the water with Francoise on the shore side; yet in a close-up of her, the water is behind her. And again in the next shot Francoise and Richard are both standing knee-deep in the water, although they haven’t been moving for quite a while.

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