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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).
- Science Fiction Drama
May 28, 2000 · On the Beach: Directed by Russell Mulcahy. With Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie. After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
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- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Russell Mulcahy
- 2000-05-28
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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- Armand Assante
- Russell Mulcahy
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. But I found it both poignant and thought-provoking despite its faults.
Release and reception. Box office. Awards and nominations. Remake. Documentary. See also. References. Notes. Citations. Bibliography. External links. On the Beach (1959 film) On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins.
3 hr 15 mins. Drama, Science Fiction. NR. Watchlist. In 2006, a submarine commander (Armand Assante) and his crew plunge into the horrors of nuclear war in this update of the classic Cold War...
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May 22, 2000 · The love triangle between Towers, Moira and Osborne, as well as the relationship between Holmes and his wife Mary (Jacqueline McKenzie) and their young daughter Jenny (Allison and Tieghan Webber ...
