The Beach (film)
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| Directed by | Danny Boyle |
| Produced by | Andrew Macdonald |
| Screenplay by | John Hodge |
| Based on |
The Beach by Alex Garland |
| Starring |
Leonardo DiCaprio Virginie Ledoyen Guillaume Canet Robert Carlyle Tilda Swinton Paterson Joseph |
| Music by |
Angelo Badalamenti John Cale Brian Eno |
| Cinematography | Darius Khondji |
| Edited by | Masahiro Hirakubo |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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115 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English French Swedish Thai Serbo-Croatian |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $144.1 million |
| The Beach: Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | ||||
| Released | 21 February 2000 | |||
| Genre | Electronica, ambient, rock, Britpop | |||
| Length | 76:53 | |||
| Label | Sire | |||
| Producer | Pete Tong | |||
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The Beach is a 2000 adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland, which was adapted for the film by John Hodge. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle, Tilda Swinton, and Paterson Joseph. It was filmed on the Thai island Koh Phi Phi.
Richard, a young American seeking adventure in Bangkok, meets the eccentric Daffy, who tells him of a pristine, uninhabited island in the Gulf of Thailand with a beautiful hidden beach and lagoon. Daffy explains that he and other travelers settled there in secret several years earlier, but difficulties arose and he chose to leave. Daffy commits suicide, leaving Richard a map to the island. Richard convinces a young French couple, Françoise and Étienne, to accompany him to the island, and the three travel to Ko Samui. Richard meets two Americans who have heard rumors of the island, including that huge amounts of cannabis supposedly grow there. Before departing, Richard leaves them a copy of the map.
En route to the island, Richard becomes infatuated with Françoise. After swimming to the island from a neighboring one, they find a large cannabis plantation guarded by armed Thai farmers. Avoiding detection, they make their way across the island and are welcomed into the secret beach settlement. The community's leader, Sal, explains that the farmers allow them to stay so long as they keep to themselves and do not allow any more travelers to come to the island. Richard lies that they have not shown the map to anyone else, which satisfies Sal. The trio become integrated into the largely self-sufficient and leisurely community. The relationship between Richard and Françoise becomes romantic, and Étienne says he will not stand in their way if Françoise is happier with Richard. Tensions rise between Richard and Sal's boyfriend Bugs; when Richard gains celebrity by killing a shark, Bugs mocks him over the shark's small size.
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