The Beach Page #4

Synopsis: Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled.
Director(s): Danny Boyle
Production: 20th Century Fox
  7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%
R
Year:
2000
119 min
Website
2,251 Views


ETIENNE:

It was ridiculous; all this at three

o'clock in the morning.

RICHARD:

It would be nice though, if there was a

place like that. You know, that no one

could get to.

ETIENNE:

Of course, but look; all these people. If

that place existed, they'd all be there.

INT. TRAVEL AGENT'S. DAY

On a large board are details, photographs and prices of

various standard excursions. A Thai TRAVEL AGENT reels them

off at great speed.

TRAVEL AGENT:

Nakhon - Pathom - Phra Ptahom Chedi -

Damnoen Sadual floating market - eight

hundred baht. Kanchanburi - Erwan national

Park Phrathat Cave, huang Khamin Falls -

six hundred baht. Nam Tok, hellfire Pass,

Three Pagodas, Sai Yok National Park -

fifteen hundred baht. Bang Pa In Royal

Palace, Ayatthaya, Wat Phra Manhathat,

Wat Raburna - one thousand baht. What do

you want?

Richard studies the board but is not excited.

RICHARD:

Twenty Marlboro light, please.

Instantly the Travel Agent produces the packet of cigarettes

from a shelf and lays them on the counter.

EXT. KHAO SAN ROAD. DAY.

Richard lights up and looks around.

He looks through the tapes at a stall.

INT. HOTEL CORRIDOR. DAY

Richard walks along the corridor towards his room, his new

tape playing on his walkman.

On his door, a folded sheet of paper is attached with a pin.

Richard lifts it off and unfolds it.

It is a detailed and carefully drawn map of a cluster of

islands. Some are named. One is unnamed. On it, some features

are marked; hills, forest, river and a letter X.

In the corner it reads "X = beach".

Richard switches his Walkman off.

He studies the map then walks to Daffy's door and knocks.

No reply.

Richard twists the handle and pushes gently. The door opens.

INT DAFFY'S ROOM. DAY.

The room is dim, be even so the blood can be seen sprayed

and smeared around the walls, sheets and floor.

There is no sign of Daffy.

Richard treads carefully, avoiding the pools of blood on the

floor.

He reaches the other side of the room. There, wedged in the

narrow gap between bed and wall, is Daffy's corpse. His

wrists have been cut.

Richard studies the map again.

RICHARD (V.O.)

You hope and you dream, but you never

believe that something's going to happen

for you, not like it does in the movies.

And when it does, you sort of expect it

to feel different. More visceral. More

real. Like IMAX maybe. I was waiting for

it to hit me, but it didn't. And just for

the record, I never did get my ten

dollars back.

Richard switches his walkman back on.

INT. POLICE STATION. DAY.

In an office, two policemen, one in UNIFORM and the other

a DETECTIVE, stand over Richard while he signs a statement.

Rate this script:4.0 / 2 votes

John Hodge

John Hodge is a British screenwriter and dramatist, most noted for his adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting into the script for the film of the same title. His first play Collaborators won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play. more…

All John Hodge scripts | John Hodge Scripts

0 fans

Submitted by aviv on February 09, 2017

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "The Beach" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/the_beach_1001>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    The Beach

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.