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The film is a remake of a 1959 film, which was also based on the 1957 novel by Nevil Shute, but updates the setting of the story to the film's then-future of 2006, starting with placing the crew on a fictional Los Angeles-class submarine, USS Charleston (SSN-704).
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That is the background against which the remake of On the Beach is played. It is an uneven film, mixing flashes of brilliant and poor editing, excellent and bad acting, scientific inaccuracies and gorgeous scenery, and four love stories, two of which I found compelling.
On the Beach 2000 3h 19m List 60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 66% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A submarine commander (Armand Assante) and his crew plunge into the horrors of nuclear war.
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Remake. On the Beach was remade in 2000 as an Australian television film by Southern Star Productions, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Armand Assante, Bryan Brown, and Rachel Ward. It originally aired on Showtime.
Mar 1, 2005 · I believe that this 2000 remake of Neville Shute's "On the Beach" is one of the best anti-war/humanity-finally-renders-itself-extinct movies ever made. In this version, China takes over Taiwan and all-out nuclear war ensues.
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On the Beach. In this remake of the 1959 post-apocalyptic classic, a submarine commander (Armand Assante) and his crew plunge into the horrors of nuclear war. 27 3 h 18 min 2000. 16+. Science Fiction · Drama. Freevee (with ads) Details. More info. Audio languages. English. Subtitles. English [CC] Directors. Russell Mulcahy. Producers.
May 22, 2000 · Stanley Kramer's 1959 movie version of "On the Beach" starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner has been heralded as one of the most influential anti-nuclear films ever made. But even with its modern ...
