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The Beach (soundtrack)

The Beach
The Beach film.jpg
Theatrical release poster
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
Release date
  • 11 February 2000 (2000-02-11)
Running time
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
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released 21 February 2000
Genre Electronica, ambient, rock, Britpop
Length 76:53
Label Sire
Producer Pete Tong
Danny Boyle film soundtrack chronology
A Life Less Ordinary
(1997)
The Beach
(2000)
28 Days Later
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars link

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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