On the Beach

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drama film feature film film post-apocalyptic film

On the Beach is a 1959 post-apocalyptic drama film, based on Nevil Shute’s novel, depicting the aftermath of nuclear war and featuring Fred Astaire in a rare serious, non-musical role.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
On the Beach canonical	17
On the Beach (1959 film)	5
On the Beach (1957 novel)	1
On the Beach (1959 film score)	1
On the Beach (2000 film)	1
On the Beach (2000 miniseries)	1
On the Beach (novel)	1
“On the Beach”	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ film ⓘ post-apocalyptic film ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial	Nevil Shute ⓘ
basedOn	On the Beach self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: On the Beach (novel)
character	Dwight Towers ⓘ Julian Osborn ⓘ Moira Davidson ⓘ Peter Holmes ⓘ
cinematographer	Giuseppe Rotunno ⓘ
composer	Ernest Gold ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Australia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Stanley Kramer ⓘ
distributor	United Artists ⓘ
editor	Frederic Knudtson ⓘ
filmingLocation	Melbourne ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ post-apocalyptic ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasAwardNomination	Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best Film ⓘ
hasTagline	The Biggest Story of Our Time! ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	black-and-white film ⓘ
notableFor	Fred Astaire’s rare serious non-musical role ⓘ
partOf	Cold War cinema ⓘ
portrays	aftermath of global nuclear war ⓘ
producer	Stanley Kramer ⓘ
productionCompany	Stanley Kramer Productions ⓘ
releaseDate	1959-12-17 ⓘ
releaseFormat	theatrical release ⓘ
releaseYear	1959 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	134 ⓘ
screenwriter	John Paxton ⓘ
setInCountry	Australia ⓘ
setInLocation	Melbourne ⓘ
setInPeriod	post-nuclear war future ⓘ
stars	Anthony Perkins ⓘ Ava Gardner ⓘ Donna Anderson ⓘ Fred Astaire ⓘ Gregory Peck ⓘ
theme	environmental fallout ⓘ human extinction ⓘ nuclear war ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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Fred Astaire → notableWork → On the Beach ⓘ

Gregory Peck → notableWork → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (1959 film)

Ava Gardner → notableWork → On the Beach ⓘ

On the Beach → basedOn → On the Beach self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (novel)

Frederick → notableWork → On the Beach ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz

Tonight's the Night → follows → On the Beach ⓘ

Ernest Gold → notableWork → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (1959 film score)

Ernest Gold → workedOn → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (1959 film)

Stanley Kramer → notableWork → On the Beach ⓘ

Russell Mulcahy → directorOf → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (2000 miniseries)

Nevil Shute → notableWork → On the Beach ⓘ

Dwight Towers → appearsInWork → On the Beach ⓘ

Dwight Towers → fictionalUniverse → On the Beach ⓘ

Peter Holmes → fictionalUniverse → On the Beach ⓘ

Peter Holmes → appearsIn → On the Beach ⓘ

Peter Holmes → adaptedInto → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (1959 film)

Peter Holmes → adaptedInto → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (2000 film)

Cold War cinema → notableWork → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (1959 film)

The Biggest Story of Our Time! → associatedWithWork → On the Beach ⓘ

John Paxton → notableWork → On the Beach ⓘ

Julian Osborn → appearsIn → On the Beach ⓘ

Julian Osborn → firstAppearance → On the Beach ⓘ

Moira Davidson → appearsIn → On the Beach ⓘ

Moira Davidson → publicationContext → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (1957 novel)

Moira Davidson → portrayedInAdaptation → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Beach (1959 film)

Duke Kahanamoku → playedInFilm → On the Beach ⓘ

Mark Greene → lastAppearance → On the Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: “On the Beach”

Dr. Mark Greene → lastAppearance → On the Beach ⓘ