On the Beach (1959)

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7.2	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Stanley Kramer

Starring (View all)

Gregory Peck
Cmdr. Dwight Lionel Towers

Ava Gardner
Moira Davidson

Fred Astaire
Julian Osborn

Anthony Perkins
Lt. Peter Holmes

Donna Anderson
Mary Holmes

Lola Brooks
Lt. Hosgood

Guy Doleman
Lt. Cmdr. Farrel

Richard Meikle
Davis

Written by

John Paxton
(screenplay)

Nevil Shute
(novel)

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A classic, but vintage 1950s

16 years, 3 months ago at Apr 29 12:15

CaveatVideot

I have read Nevil Shute's On the beach and hadn't I been sitting in a high-speed train where windows cannot be opened, I'd have chucked it out. I wrote a scathing review, instead. I love the remake/new version from 2000 (it's one of my all time favourites and never fails to move me to tears). So I was eagerly awaiting a chance to see this one.
Sigh. Like the book, it hasn't aged too well. ... read more

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9 years, 4 months ago at Mar 13 2:15

fernando

In spite of some terrible 'deep and solemm' close ups confronting the atomic apocalypse, Kramer never loses control. I like everything about Ava, the romantic getaway to the trout season, the scenes in the submarine outside San Francisco.

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Description: The war is over. Nobody won. Only the inhabitants of Australia and the men of the US submarine Sawfish have escaped the nuclear destruction and radiation. Captain Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) takes the Sawfish on a mission to see if an approaching radiation cloud has weakened, but returns with grim news: the cloud is lethal. With the days and hours dwindling, each person confronts the grim situation in his or her own way. One (Fred Astaire) realizes a lifetime Grand Prix ambition,another (Ava Gardner) reaches out for a chance at love. The final chapter of human history is coming to a close... From acclaimed director Stanley Kram ... (more)

Release date: 17 December 1959
UPC: 027616837226

Tags: Drama (9), Romance (6), Submarine (6), Suicide (6), War (5), Australia (5), 1950s (4), Radiation (4), Dystopia (3), Ocean (3), Sci-fi (3), End Of World (2), Post Apocalyptic (2), Nuclear Fallout (2), Radiation Poisoning (2), Fantasy/sci-fi (2), 1959 (2), Nuclear (2), Usa (2), Cold War (2)

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The future kind of sucks. (431 movies items)

"Reason for the future sucking: Directly after World War III, nuclear fall out begins to clog the atmosphere, leaving a group of survivors that are in a submarine, (and whom are presumably the few remaining people left), on desperate quest to find other remaining survivors. Year it takes place: The less then groovy post apocalyptic year, 1964. "