Crew from "The Beach"

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Synopsis: In The Beach, DiCaprio portrays an American who, along with two French travellers, sets off on an exotic adventure in Thailand in search of a legendary tropical paradise free of conventional society's problems. But when they find the modern day Eden, they learn it holds more than a few deadly secrets.

Danny Boyle directs "The Beach" from a screenplay by John Hodge, based on the acclaimed novel by Alex Garland. Andrew Macdonald is the producer. "The Beach" marks the fourth collaboration between the trio, whose previous credits together are "Shallow Grave", "Trainspotting" and "A Life Less Ordinary".

Credits:

Director: Danny Boyle

Producer: Andrew Macdonald and Callum McDougall

Screenwriter: John Hodge

Based on the book: The Beach by Alex Garland

Director of Photography: Darius Khondji ("Seven")

Production Designer: Andrew McAlpine ("The Piano")

Editor: Masahiro Hirakubo ("Trainspotting")

Costume Designer: Rachael Fleming ("Trainspotting")

Original Music: Angelo Badalamenti

Art Direction: Rod McLean

Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

Casting: Gail Stevens

Film Publicist: Sarah Clark

Unit Production Manager: Jo Burn and Piya Pestonji

Assistant Director: Nick Heckstall-Smith

Third Assistant Director: Andrea Slater

Production Co-ordinator: Judy Britten

Production Sound Mixer: Peter Lindsay

Video Playback Operator: Bob Bridges

Gaffer: Alex Scott

Digital Effects Producer: Drew Jones

Senior 3D animator: Carlos M. Rosas

Property Master: David Balfour

Production Assistant: Virginia Murray

Painter: Heinson Robin

Assistant Camera: Steven J. Winslow

Greensman: Ross Palmer

Production Consultant to Leonardo DiCaprio: Dave Walker

Media consultant to Leonardo DiCaprio: Richard S. Ehrlich

Media consultant to Leonardo DiCaprio: Satharn Pairaoh

 

Estimated cost of Production: $40 million

A Figment Film production released by Twentieth Century Fox.

Shooting: January-April 1999 in Thailand

Release date: 11th February 2000 in UK and USA

Locations: Phi Phi Leh Island, Phuket, Krabi and Khao Yai National Park in Thailand

The second unit film crew on location on Surin Beach, Phuket. (Photograph: thaistudents.com)

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The production hired over 300 crew members, two-thirds of whom were Thai. "'The Beach' is really the first film made by foreigners in Thailand that actually represents contemporary Thailand," states Andrew Macdonald. "In the past, Thailand has mainly doubled for Vietnam. So to many of the Thai crew 'The Beach' was a very exciting project - a chance to see their country put up on the world stage."

Shooting began on location in Phi Phi Le. Each day, cast and crew traveled on boats to the island while the camera equipment was moored on a ship off the island. Makeup and costumes also wereset up on a boat that went out to the island each day. The production then moved to Khao Yai National Park
to shoot waterfall scenes,

Due to the myriad difficulties presented by filming in Bangkok, the small town of Krabi doubled for the Thai capital. Additional locations included the middle of Andaman Sea (where DiCaprio, Ledoyen and Canet braved jellyfish and even a shark), Phuket and soundstages in Thalang.

Production Notes, 20th Century Fox

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