The Beach (2000)

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this high-charged tale of survival, based on the popular novel by Alex Garland. He portrays Richard, a traveling American who wants nothing more than to experience life completely. Backpacking in Thailand, he gets more than he bargained for when he discovers a seemingly utopian island that is protected by a weapon-yielding gang. Throw into the mix an affair with a beautiful young French woman (Virginie Ledoyen) and dangerous drug smugglers and the situation becomes even more dangerous. Director Danny Boyle (TRAINSPOTTING, SHALLOW GRAVE) turns up the energy to an almost unbearable level,...
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making for an exhilarating ride.
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For his first major project after the overwhelming success of Titanic, Leonardo Di Caprio took a risky path in this adaptation of Alex Garland's acclaimed novel, directed by Danny Boyle. Richard (Di Caprio) is an American backpacking through Asia with a handful of friends from Europe. While in Bangkok, he meets a mad Scotsman who calls himself Daffy Duck (Robert Carlyle). Shortly before Mr. Duck kills himself, he gives Richard a crude map to a place in Thailand that he claims is paradise on earth: beautiful, unspoiled, and uninhabited. For lack of anything better to do, Richard and his companions try to locate th...
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e spot, which, after a dangerous and taxing journey, takes them to a beach as beautiful as Duck said it would be. Richard and his friends settle in, but before long they discover that they are not alone; a large group of fellow travelers has already dug themselves in, and they have established a community with the same social evils that Richard was hoping to leave behind. Just as important, there is an army of natives who grow marijuana in the nearby hills and do not appreciate the presence of these visitors. The Beach proved controversial during production, partly due to production delays and shifting release dates, partly due to environmental concerns after crew members bulldozed parts of the Thai island of Phi Phi Le for the planting of non-native trees.
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In een goedkoop hotelletje in Bangkok maakt de Amerikaanse rugzaktoerist Richard kennis met Daffy, een dertiger die getekend is door jarenlang druggebruik. Hij beweert dat hij het paradijs op aarde heeft ontdekt. Het is het perfecte strand, ingesloten door steile kliffen en onbereikbaar voor de gewone toeristen. Het is voor hen zelfs verboden terrein. Richard is meteen geïntrigeerd. Hij heeft immers de VS verlaten voor een zoektocht naar de ultieme schoonheid, spanning én gevaar. Diezelfde nacht pleegt Daffy zelfmoord. Als afscheidsgeschenk laat hij Richard een kaart na met de beschrijving naar "The Beach". Samen...
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met het Franse koppel Françoise en Etienne gaat Richard het ultieme avontuur aan. Tijdens hun tocht moeten ze alle drie hun grenzen verleggen en het grote gevaar trotseren.
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