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Date  The Beach  Rating:R (for violence, some strong sexuality,
language and drug content) Release Date:February 11, 2000
Running time:120 minutes Cast:Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton,
Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet Director:Danny Boyle
Producer:Andrew Macdonald Writer:John Hodge, Alex Garland
Distributor:20th Century Fox  Description: The desire to find
something real - to connect with something or someone - is what
drives Richard, a young American backpacker who arrives in
Thailand with adventure on his mind. Travel, he asserts, is the
search for experience, the quest for something different. At a
cheap hotel in Bangkok, Richard meets a French couple, Etienne
and Francoise. He also encounters Daffy, an older traveler
ravaged by years of sun and drugs. Rambling and paranoid, Daffy
tells Richard the improbable tale of a secret island, a paradise
on earth: the perfect beach, unsullied by tourists. The next
day, Richard finds a piece of paper p