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On the Beach
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0027616226730
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Label: MGM/Ua Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: MGM/Ua Studios
Publisher: MGM/Ua Studios
Release Date: August 06, 1996
Studio: MGM/Ua Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 17, 1959
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Editorial Review:
Stanley Kramer's 1959 antiwar movie looks like everything Kramer did: subtle as a car wreck but undeniably affecting. Gregory Peck plays a submarine commander looking for survivors in Australia after a nuclear holocaust. Ava Gardner is among them and, somewhat improbably under the circumstances, becomes his love interest. Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins are among the characters awaiting death from the gradual spread of radiation from the north. One might scoff at Kramer's implicit finger-wagging about nuclear politics in this mad, mad, mad, mad world, but it is hard to stop watching this compelling drama all the same. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - NOSTALGA I WAS THERE WHEN IT WAS MADE
I have always enjoyed watching "On The Beach" It's a good story well filmed and acted. It's sad to think all the main stars are no longer with us. The film was shot mainly around Melbourne Australia, and it was a big deal to have Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins in our City back in 1958. Stanly Kramer shot the interiors of the sub at the Melbourne Showground on a specially built set, mainly of wood, but looked so like the steel interior of an atomic submarine. Ava Gardner ... Read More
Rating:  - A Place in Time When People Seemed to Care More
I remember my parents taking me to this film--at a drive-in, no less. This was the era of "The Blob" and other teen-crazie epics. ON THE BEACH is a serious, thought-provoking film--and it found a deep--if silent--response not only in mature people, but with teens as well.
It reached a deep level of the heart with a generation of folks who seemed to care more about went on in the world around them.
On the casting level, it was brilliant. The teaming of Eva Gardner & Gregory ... Read More
Rating:  - No English Captions
I was disappointed to discover that it only has French and Spanish sub-titles, I still buy a lot of DVD's because they have sub-titles, something which for the most part is not available on my APPLE-TV.
For an old hearing impaired pilot this is a problem.
The product info area should tell which languages are Captioned.
Rating: - on the beach
Was an item I had trouble finding, and it was a gift and never thought I would have it on time but it was delivered very quickly and I had it before I needed it.
Rating: - Not with a Bang but a Whimper
There is almost too much that can be said about this splendid and poignant film. On the Beach deals more with the tagedy of people's inevitable deaths than with the nuclear holocaust that causes it.
We are treated to a love story in Beach with Gregory Peck and Ava Gardener which is doomed from the start by the human annialation about
to envelope the last group of humanity living on the planet. I loved Fred Astaire's performance as a nuclear scientist and race car enthusiast and also by Anthony ... Read More
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