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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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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 is based on the mid-20th century novel of the same name by Neville Shute, and offers a more elaborate and engrossing treatment of its subject than the original classic film (1959) starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire.
On the Beach. A submarine commander (Armand Assante) and his crew plunge into the horrors of nuclear war.
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- Armand Assante
- Russell Mulcahy
The remake of the 1959 film was also based on the 1957 novel by Nevil Shute, but updates the setting of the story to the film's then-future of 2005, starting with placing the crew on the fictional Los Angeles–class USS Charleston (SSN-704) submarine and also changing the final actions of Towers.
Jul 31, 2000 · On the Beach is a tv mini-series remake of the classic nuclear holocaust film On the Beach (1959). Both works are in turn based on On the Beach (1957), a novel by Nevil Shute, a British author and airline engineer who emigrated to live in Australia for much of his life.
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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...
