On the Beach

starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson
directed by: Stanley Kramer

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792843610
Format: Closed-captioned, Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0792843614
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 29, 2000
Running Time: 134 minutes
Sales Rank: 4887
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: December 17, 1959

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Description:
The war is over. Nobody won. Only the inhabitants of Australia and the men of the US submarine Sawfish have escaped the nuclear destruction and radiation. Captain Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) takes the Sawfish on a mission to see if an approaching radiation cloud has weakened, but returns with grim news: the cloud is lethal. With the days and hours dwindling, each person confronts the grim situation in his or her own way. One (Fred Astaire) realizes a lifetime Grand Prix ambition,another (Ava Gardner) reaches out for a chance at love. The final chapter of human history is coming to a close... From acclaimed director Stanley Kramer (The Defiant Ones, Inheritthe Wind) and screenwriter John Paxton comes this spectacular movie landmarka film masterpiece with a message that will resonate as long as the world has the power to self-destruct at its own fingertips.

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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

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- Even more impressive given the time of its release.
On the Beach (Stanley Kramer, 1959)

I saw this movie weeks ago, and honestly, I'm still ... Read More

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- Amazing cast, Great movie, Depressing subject
Based on Nevil Shute's classic, the world is on the tail-end of self termination. As a result of a nuclear ... Read More

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- Ahead of its time!
I saw On the Beach, as a young boy in 1959, and have never forgotten it, nor it's impacting, hard hitting, unforgettable ... Read More

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- On the Beach
Absolutely loved this movie....want the book too!!!
Cried alot of course....but then I like 3 hankie movies!!!!

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- 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 ... Read More

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