Talk:On the Beach (1959 film)

Spoilers
No warning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.30.196.14 (talk) 22:02, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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Clone of Novel page
Much of the content on this page appears (after a quick skim) to be a direct copy of the text in the page for the novel. Given that the novel already includes all that text, this page should merely reference it with notes on the differences. PeterHansen 12:58, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

On the Beach Movie - Influence in Music
"Morning Dew", also known as "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew", is a post-apocalyptic folk-rock song written by Canadian singer Bonnie Dobson in 1962.

According to Dobson in an interview with Randy Jackson on April 13, 1993 at the White House Hotel, London, England, "Morning Dew" was inspired by the film "On the Beach". She told him she had seen the movie, "On The Beach"...."and it made a tremendous impression, the film." She went on to say, ..."this song just came out really it was a kind of re-enactment of the film in a way where at the end there is nobody left and it was a conversation between these two people trying to explain what's happening." On her "Live at Folk City Album" (1962) she says, in the introduction to the song, "I hope the dew never falls on us." ...a veiled reference to nuclear fallout.

"Morning Dew" has been recorded by numerous artists with minor changes to it's lyrics. The Southern Rock group, Blackfoot, on their album Vertical Smiles (1984), refers to a "flash in the sky" and "the earth it trembled" alluding to a nuclear bomb exploding. LindainCA (talk) 06:02, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.199.230.222 (talk) 10:18, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Filming of the race scenes
The articles states the racing scenes were shot at Riverside in Calfornia, however the film hired the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit for three days with several prominent Australian drivers and cars from the period appearing, inclduing. Some background, including photos can be found here. --Falcadore (talk) 12:16, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Nationality switch
Just seen this movie on TV for the first time in about 25 years. They did something weird: they had an American playing an Australian (Anthony Perkins) and an Australian playing an American (John Meillon). Crazy. --  Jack of Oz   [your turn]  07:01, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Is this a "post-apocalyptic drama film", or a "apocalyptic drama film"? I rather think the latter.203.184.41.226 (talk) 03:24, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Plot summary inaccuracies
The summary of the plot is rather too colloquial to be encyclopaedic, and does contain inaccuracies. For instance the Sawfish is to be scuttled, not returned to the USA. The return is metaphorical only, like the captain returning to his family. Incidentally he knew all along his family were dead, but for his own sanity acted otherwise. So he did not wish to stay with Moira, but "return" to his family.203.184.41.226 (talk) 03:45, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

There is no mention of scuttling the submarine in the film. It seems apparent that the sub will not make it all the way home because everyone aboard is already dying, but those remaining aboard want to try. In the novel, Towers intends to scuttle the sub, says so a number of times, and heads out with his remaining crew to do so at the end. He even designates the location. Professor Bubba (talk) 21:58, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

As the article tag states, lots of problems
I am going to have a go at trying to reconcile the formatting issues in the article. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 11:52, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Please do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.226.217.82 (talk) 09:10, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Mis-categorized as Dystopian film, would be better suited in the Post-Apocalyptic Film category
As subject line states, suggest this film is far more related to an apocalyptic event than a dystopian society/environment.