Movie

The Beach

by John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, Guillaume Canet, Tilda Swinton and 31 others

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

(14 total)

Characters

John Hodge (14)Richard (13)Leonardo Dicaprio (11)Tilda Swinton (1)Sal (1)

“No offense an' all, but, you're fucked in the head, right?”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

Tagged: No Offense, fucked in the head

“Now get some sleep, I may wish to have sex again before we eat breakfast.”

— John Hodge, Sal, Tilda Swinton, imdb.com

Tagged: Sleep, Sex, breakfast

“I just feel like everyone tries to do something different, but you always wind up doing the same damn thing.”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

Tagged: Plus Ca Change

“I had nothing left to offer but pure reflex. Pure reflex and mankind's basic drive for survival, that somehow shouts, 'NO—I WILL NOT DIE TODAY!'”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

Tagged: reflex, Survival

“I told myself spreading news was part of a traveler's nature, but if I was being completely honest, I was just like everybody else: shit-scared of the great unknown. Desperate to take a little piece of home with me.”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

Tagged: News, Traveler, shit-scared

“Anywhere you go, desire is desire. The sun cannot bleach it, nor the tide wash it away...”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

Tagged: Desire

“My name is Richard. So what else do you need to know? Stuff about my family, or where I'm from? None of that matters. Not once you cross the ocean and cut yourself loose, looking for something more beautiful, something more exciting and yes, I admit, something more dangerous. So after eighteen hours…”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

Tagged: Family, Movies, Beer, bangkok

“Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind o…”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

Tagged: Paradise, Hunger, Pain

“When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example. Now, in the long run, that's just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to…”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

Tagged: Infatuation, crushes

“And me? I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for. Because it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something. And if you find that moment... It lasts forever.”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

“And me? I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for. Because it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something. And if you find that moment... It lasts forever.”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

“And me? I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for. Because it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something. And if you find that moment... It lasts forever.”

— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

“When you develop an infatuation for someone, you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason, a bad one will do just as well. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example: in the long run that's just the kind of dumb irritating hab…”

— John Hodge, Richard, amazon.com

Tagged: Potential, Hope, Other Worlds

“There are infinite worlds out there, where anything that can happen does happen.”

— John Hodge, Richard, amazon.com

Tagged: Potential, Hope, Other Worlds