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The Beach [2000]

starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet
directed by: Danny Boyle

Release Date December 27, 2000
All the arty farties saying the adaptation is an unjust reflection of the novel! If you think that, review the novel :P Simple

As a film, beautiful! Gripping storyline an some gorgeous cinema photography. All out cool Danny Boyle classness! Really great film, lovely in HD too

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The Beach / Titanic / Romeo And Juliet [1996]

starring: Kate Winslet, Bill Paxton, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo
directed by: James Cameron, Baz Luhrmann, Danny Boyle

Release Date September 06, 2004
This box set is brilliant. Contains Titanic, a classic. Romeo & Juliet, which is fantastic, with a genious modern spin on an old tale. The Beach, though not as good as the book, is enjoyable. All in all, the box set is well worth the money & should be in everyones collection!

CD-Charts Position 3
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Sword Of Gideon [1986]

starring: Steven Bauer, Michael York, Robert Joy, Laurent Malet, Peter Dvorsky
directed by: Michael Anderson

Release Date April 05, 2004
Overlong, slow moving and dated.
Despite these criticisms, the film sensitively portrays an Israeli officer's dilemas as he struggles with his conscience, when his government calls on him and his team to avenge the deaths of the Israeli athletes massacred by terrorists at the Munich olympics.
Based on a true story and raises the problem of how governments respond to acts of terrorism against their citizens.
Worth a watch.

CD-Charts Position 4
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The Beach [2000]

starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle
directed by: Danny Boyle

Release Date November 04, 2002
Overlong, slow moving and dated.
Despite these criticisms, the film sensitively portrays an Israeli officer's dilemas as he struggles with his conscience, when his government calls on him and his team to avenge the deaths of the Israeli athletes massacred by terrorists at the Munich olympics.
Based on a true story and raises the problem of how governments respond to acts of terrorism against their citizens.
Worth a watch.

CD-Charts Position 5
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The Beach [UMD Mini for PSP] [2000]

starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle
directed by: Danny Boyle

Release Date December 17, 2007
Overlong, slow moving and dated.
Despite these criticisms, the film sensitively portrays an Israeli officer's dilemas as he struggles with his conscience, when his government calls on him and his team to avenge the deaths of the Israeli athletes massacred by terrorists at the Munich olympics.
Based on a true story and raises the problem of how governments respond to acts of terrorism against their citizens.
Worth a watch.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Handel-Rinaldo

starring: David Walker, Deborah York, David Daniels, Axel Köhler, Egils Sinins
directed by: Brian Large

Release Date March 03, 2003
This is truly a bizarre, strange production of Handel's first opera for the london stage. First and foremost, the staging is incredibly confusing; I know this opera well and I was left trying to work out what was happening. You will feel like you're on a drug-fuelled journey through time and space, with many hallucinations along the way. I don't understand where the central "room" is supposed to represent; the fact that they're barricaded in gives the impression it is somewhere inside Jerusalem, perhaps the Dome of the Rock? - there are symbols of both religions over the walls - but this makes no sense as Rinaldo's camp is supposed to be outside the city. Armida comes off as a sex-mad lunatic, while Argante's costumes put him completely out of ... Read More:

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The Beach - Book & DVD[2000]

starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle
directed by: Danny Boyle

Release Date August 08, 2005
Ordered the Book & DVD combo. Great price and great idea. How many times have you seen a movie based on a book and wanted to read the book to see if it was better than the film? For less than the price of the book alone you can get both the book and the movie based on it. IN this case, the book was great, the movie, not so good. Even though I'm in the states, I can play region 2 dvd's on a region free dvd player and save a lot of money ordering them from amazon.co.uk.
Cheers from the US!

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George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: David Walker, Deborah York, David Daniels, Axel Köhler, Egils Sinins
directed by: Brian Large

Release Date November 18, 2003
This is truly a bizarre, strange production of Handel's first opera for the london stage. First and foremost, the staging is incredibly confusing; I know this opera well and I was left trying to work out what was happening. You will feel like you're on a drug-fuelled journey through time and space, with many hallucinations along the way. I don't understand where the central "room" is supposed to represent; the fact that they're barricaded in gives the impression it is somewhere inside Jerusalem, perhaps the Dome of the Rock? - there are symbols of both religions over the walls - but this makes no sense as Rinaldo's camp is supposed to be outside the city. Armida comes off as a sex-mad lunatic, while Argante's costumes put him completely out of ... Read More:

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The Treat [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Julie Delpy, Georgina Cates, Pamela Gidley, Daniel Baldwin, Patrick Dempsey
directed by: Jonathan Gems

Release Date June 29, 1999
This is truly a bizarre, strange production of Handel's first opera for the london stage. First and foremost, the staging is incredibly confusing; I know this opera well and I was left trying to work out what was happening. You will feel like you're on a drug-fuelled journey through time and space, with many hallucinations along the way. I don't understand where the central "room" is supposed to represent; the fact that they're barricaded in gives the impression it is somewhere inside Jerusalem, perhaps the Dome of the Rock? - there are symbols of both religions over the walls - but this makes no sense as Rinaldo's camp is supposed to be outside the city. Armida comes off as a sex-mad lunatic, while Argante's costumes put him completely out of ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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The Beach [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet
directed by: Danny Boyle

Release Date July 25, 2000
All the arty farties saying the adaptation is an unjust reflection of the novel! If you think that, review the novel :P Simple

As a film, beautiful! Gripping storyline an some gorgeous cinema photography. All out cool Danny Boyle classness! Really great film, lovely in HD too