On The Beach (1959) - Walzing Matilda (read the info)

[4B5PR1T20R]

One of the best stories ever told.

[italianoettore]

Un buon film..!!

[thetoxicchain]

when i first watched this one, it was for historical curiosity, now i think its a bit of a surreal masterpiece.

[LordFalconsword]

The science was ridiculous, but it is probably Shute's best book from a literary standpoint.

[coventrygardens]

i think the radiation eventually subsided, and a small number of australians survived, and these survivors tried to re-build society, but it was tough-doing, and that's when mad max ( mel gibson ) came on the scene.

[markhunterK12schools]

Comments that trail are excellent. This film a tremendous reminder of priorities, but also one that if for real, would represent incredible courage.

[profitleads]

I would call it the most disturbing movie ever made.

[anisete46]

My only beef with the 90s series was that they didn't include the fabulous music of Waltzing Matilda.... I know there is controversy about the different ending from the book in the series and the movie, but both are beautiful....

[anisete46]

Loved the book, loved this movie, loved the 90s Aussie series... but can people who didn't grow up in the 50s and 60s appreciate the fear we lived under constantly...

[SirChezarie]

@anisete46 I sadly dont think so -mores the pity for them .Hope they never live under such real a fear .

[RPenta]

@anisete46 Yes and No-the Bush-Obama pro war administrations have jinned up fear against "Islamofascists" to justify war, huge expenditures for war and suppression of civil liberties-which survived the awesome and chilling threats of the cold war.

[mtlyb]

One of the few sci fi stories at the time where the human race did not win. Then we worried about nuclear weapons. Now we worry about a lot more with them. Still, in the end, how do we live our lives? What is important? What defines who we are? A hard movie to watch. But a great one none the less. Thank you for posting.

[vlamousse1]

I wish Moira Davidson was my Mom !

[RobertMichaelKelly]

Much of this film was recorded at Wilson's Hill - now named Wilson Botanic Park - in Berwick, Victoria, Australia. I live approximately a hundred metres away - in fact, I ate lunch there this afternoon.

For those of you interested in seeing the park look it up on Google Earth.

[jimhami42]

When I was 13, I had a really bad case of the flu. To help keep my mind off of how bad I felt, I read Nevil Shute's "On the Beach". When I got to the part where they were throwing up from radiation sickness, I started worrying that I had radiation poisoning instead of the flu. My parents, of course, told me that I was nuts.

Fortunately, they were right :)

[Lazarus0357]

RATS! I'm old enough to remember the fear we had back then, and this movie brings it back! And then we got the Nuclear Winter, remember? Great movie, my only complain is that they filmed it in Melbourne and not in Sydney, where I lived. Oh well, the book says Melbourne anyway. Regards

[metacosmos]

A movie on Australia,a place that always fears the

bad things that come to its shores from the outer wolrd.

[deyo3396]

As to the technical note...the sub wasn't on war patrol when it left base.  After the very short atomic war there was no reason to paint out the numbers.

[crotchboots]

1959...and having ava gardner waiting for you to come back home?...damn

[crotchboots]

one technical note...u.s. subs dont have there hull numbers painted on them when they go on war patrols

[crotchboots]

the movie had to be made...since it was the overriding thing on everyones mind then

[SupaBriMan26]

Great film.

[penumbra155]

Anybody know what sub this is?  I think it's a GUPPY-modified Gato class, but don't know.

[goob67896]

@penumbra155 Its a Royal Navy submarine, HMS Andrew of the Amphion Class. The US Navy would participate in the production of the movie.

[celialaniz]

my all time favorite, when movies really had meaning, art anend acting,, there's more genius and truth and beauty in this movie than in all the movies of the past decade combined!

[celialaniz]

my all time favorite, when movies really had meaning, art anend acting,, there's more genius and truth and beauty in this movie than in all the movies of the past decade combined!

[SupaBriMan26]

Everyone in charge of launching nuclear missiles, from the politicians who make the decision, to those in charge of initiating launch sequences, should be made to read the book, by Nevil Shute, and watch the movie as well.

[coventrygardens]

@SupaBriMan26 and the voters should read/see those as well.

[jtspock]

I wish Dwight Lionel Towers were my dad!

[jtspock]

I love the soundtrack so much, I have 2 copies of it and the book is also very good,

I have 2 copies of that

[TomBarrister]

The movie is okay, but the book is much better.

[FightUni09]

Fukushima-like



[MerleOberon]

Still up-to-date....

[jtspock]

This music brings tears to my eyes every time i listen to it.

Great movies and great acting from some fine talent, that we will never see again.

[damienrecords]

@jtspock Correct in every word you wrote. We WILL never see it again. Tears for the song and the cast in that you actually believed Ava and Fred and Gregory and Anthony. Remember this since I was little and to this day - it is still haunting me.

[naturelover172]

This is the most beautiful version of this beautiful song extant. And that's saying something. The movie is one of my all time favorites, too. God bless Australia!!!!

[gigiloboy]

@naturelover172 good on you

[DMaustrap]

Excellent film, thanks for editing the opening and ending versions of "Waltzing Matilda", its a beautiful song and melody. Id sure love to visit Australia and get pissed and sing this song out loud.

Hmm bad singing doesn't start nuclear engagements do they? LOL, thanks for the upload.

[ERROLCUSTERFLYNN4EVR]

i think errol flynn would have like this film very much...........

[F4U1Corsair]

One of the very best versions of Waltzing Matilda and an incredible film - chilling and thought-provoking

[IstvanN1961]

As good as this movie is the book is absolutely chilling and I highly reccomend it.

[SupaBriMan26]

@IstvanN1961 I've read it. And I agree. I finished reading it before going to bed a few months ago. The part where Lt. Holmes and his family have to take the pills and injections was heartwrenching. I'm a father, so the thought of ever being in a position of having to do that just hurts.

[irish89055]

God Bless Australia... a true friend of the US then and now...

[crocreek]

Thank you for posting this video clip..I watched this movie around 40years ago..

[cabbievonbump]

Also, quite possibly, since both sides (Washington & Moskow) would've seen this and several other movies (Fail Safe, Dr Strangelove, et al), maybe that partially is why the closest anyone came to pushing the button was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. You never know what checked the fire.

[irish89055]

@cabbievonbump fail safe and Dr strangelove were fimed after the cuban missile crisis.. I would say back diplomacy was the key in the cuban crisis and luck. I was directly under the path of inbound missiles. A truly haunting and troubling movie and its remake. But cabbie, i think this filmed helped more than we know.. and the others..along with a fellow named Ronald Reagan..

[Professor6871]

@irish89055 So this was filmed before those crisis happened the. The music amazing and that dramatic music right at the very end of it, still makes me jump after how many times I've seen it.

[irish89055]

@Professor6871 yes, professor, a very moving song in a very disturbing movie.. the remake is just as distrubing..