The Beach

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adventure drama film film

The Beach is a 2000 adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a young traveler drawn into a secret island community in Thailand.

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The Beach (film adaptation) 1
The Beach (novel) 1

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instanceOf adventure drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Alex Garland ⓘ
basedOn The Beach self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Beach (novel)
characterPortrayedBy Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ
cinematographyBy Darius Khondji ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Danny Boyle ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy Masahiro Hirakubo NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Phi Phi Islands ⓘ
surface form: Ko Phi Phi Leh

Thailand ⓘ
genre adventure film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasSoundtrackAlbum The Beach: Motion Picture Soundtrack ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Angelo Badalamenti ⓘ
Moby ⓘ
Orbital ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person voice-over by Richard ⓘ
notableSong Porcelain by Moby ⓘ
Pure Shores by All Saints ⓘ
plotSummary A young American traveler discovers a map to a secret island community in Thailand and becomes involved in its utopian but fragile society. ⓘ
posterTagline Somewhere on this planet it must exist. ⓘ
producer Andrew Macdonald ⓘ
productionCompany DNA Films ⓘ
Figment Films ⓘ
releaseDate 2000-02-11 ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 119 ⓘ
screenwriter John Hodge ⓘ
settingLocation Bangkok ⓘ
Phi Phi Islands ⓘ
surface form: Ko Phi Phi Leh

Thailand ⓘ
starring Guillaume Canet ⓘ
Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ
Robert Carlyle ⓘ
Tilda Swinton ⓘ
Virginie Ledoyen ⓘ
theme backpacker culture ⓘ
consequences of tourism ⓘ
escapism ⓘ
utopia and dystopia ⓘ

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The Beach → basedOn → The Beach self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beach (novel)
Alex Garland → basedOnHisNovel → The Beach ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beach (film adaptation)
Danny Boyle → directed → The Beach ⓘ
Darius Khondji → knownFor → The Beach ⓘ
Alex Garland → notableWork → The Beach ⓘ
Danny Boyle → notableWork → The Beach ⓘ
Leonardo DiCaprio → notableWork → The Beach ⓘ
Darius Khondji → workedOn → The Beach ⓘ
Alex Garland → wrote → The Beach ⓘ