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On the Beach is a 1959 American black-and-white post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins. The film is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting a nuclear war and its aftermath. Unlike the novel, no blame is placed on whoever started the war; it is hinted in the film that the threat of annihilation may have arisen from an accident (for example, a fault in a few vacuum tubes or transistor circuits, as in the similarly themed 1964 film Fail-Safe).
During 1964, in the months following World War III, the conflict has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, polluting the atmosphere with nuclear fallout, killing all life there. Air currents are slowly carrying the fallout south; the only areas still habitable are in the far reaches of the Southern Hemisphere.
From Australia, survivors detect an incomprehensible Morse code signal coming from the West Coast of the United States. The last American nuclear submarine, USS Sawfish, under Royal Australian Navy command, is ordered to sail north to the United States to attempt to make contact with the sender of the Morse signal. The submarine is commanded by Captain Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck), who must leave his new friend, the alcoholic Moira Davidson (Ava Gardner).
Actors: D.W. Griffith (director), Francis J. Grandon (actor), Joseph Graybill (actor), Wilfred Lucas (actor), George Nichols (actor), Alfred Paget (actor), Linda Arvidson (actress), Grace Henderson (actress), Florence Lee (actress), Jeanie Macpherson (actress), Blanche Sweet (actress), Linda Arvidson (writer), Edward Dillon (actor), Alfred Lord Tennyson (writer),
Plot: Enoch Arden, a humble fisherman, marries Annie Lee. He signs on as a sailor to make more money to support their growing family. A storm wrecks his ship, but Enoch swims to a deserted island. Annie waits vainly for his return.
Keywords: melodrama, ocean, remakeActors: D.W. Griffith (director), Francis J. Grandon (actor), Joseph Graybill (actor), Wilfred Lucas (actor), George Nichols (actor), Alfred Paget (actor), Linda Arvidson (actress), Grace Henderson (actress), Florence Lee (actress), Jeanie Macpherson (actress), Blanche Sweet (actress), Linda Arvidson (writer), Edward Dillon (actor), Alfred Lord Tennyson (writer),
Plot: Enoch Arden, a humble fisherman, marries Annie Lee. He signs on as a sailor to make more money to support their growing family. A storm wrecks his ship, but Enoch swims to a deserted island. Annie waits vainly for his return.
Keywords: melodrama, ocean, remakeActors: D.W. Griffith (director), Francis J. Grandon (actor), Joseph Graybill (actor), Wilfred Lucas (actor), George Nichols (actor), Alfred Paget (actor), Linda Arvidson (actress), Grace Henderson (actress), Florence Lee (actress), Jeanie Macpherson (actress), Blanche Sweet (actress), Linda Arvidson (writer), Edward Dillon (actor), Alfred Lord Tennyson (writer),
Plot: Enoch Arden, a humble fisherman, marries Annie Lee. He signs on as a sailor to make more money to support their growing family. A storm wrecks his ship, but Enoch swims to a deserted island. Annie waits vainly for his return.
Keywords: melodrama, ocean, remakeAfter 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.
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. With the days and hours dwindling, each person confronts the grim situation in his or her own way.
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.
In the 1959 Stanley Kramer film "On the Beach", composer Ernest Gold adapted the music for Waltzing Matilda in a variety of motifs throughout the movie, culminating with a valiant theme as the doomed American submarine crew heads for home. We hear it again as "Taps" in the final apocalyptic scene in the deserted streets of Melbourne, blended with it's ominous companion throughout, the ticking of a watch slowly winding down. Set five years in "the future" (1964 at the time of it's release), the film tells the story of the survivors of a nuclear war, living out the last months of their lives in Australia, as a cloud of radioactive fallout envelopes the globe. Just three years after the release of this film, we lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis, coming very close to realizing this fi...
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In the classic 1959 movie On the Beach Fred Astaire gives a drunken speech at a party about the rising level of background radiation in Australia in 1964 after the rest of the world has been killed by radiation. Anthony Perkins cannot console his wife in the scene.
Regisseur: Stanley Kramer Muziek: Ernest Gold Verhaal: Nevil Shute Scenario: John Paxton Release: 1959 Australië Hoofdrolspelers: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Donna Anderson, Fred Astaire en Anthony Perkins
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If we had all the time in the world
We might talk about how it used to be.
We could have thrown in our cards
When the going got hard
But evidently we went on interminably.
Right now I want to walk towards the sea,
Hoping you're still in step with me.
All joking apart let's play it from the heart
Because at last even the Silver Surfer agrees:
The wave you brave
Rides on a deeper complexity.
Ah, come on: surf's up!