i prefer the original version, and yet it is quite possible that my feeling is based simply on the fact that i'm used to the original version. i've thought about the original numerous times over the last 25 years or so, whereas i didn't see the remake till the last few days.
in both the original movie and the remake, i think the creepiest scenes are where they commit suicide, and where they discuss their plans to commit suicide. to me, the thought of someone intentionally killing himself is much creepier than the thought of someone getting killed by someone else. furthermore, imagine if a person changes his mind after he takes the poison. furthermore, i doubt many people would commit suicide, even under these circumstances.
It's totally unrealistic. Radiation (fallout) doesn't advance across the globe in clouds. And it has a half-life of limited duration. The craziest thing about this scenario is that a nuclear submarine, like a deep cave, is an absolute long-term shelter against radiation. These idiots could have unshipped the torpedoes, loaded up with food and supplies, brought all their wives and girlfriends aboard and restarted the human race after a long submergence.
@AussieRoo1 I love love LOVE that you uploaded the whole picture but could you please add "(2000)" or something to that effect to the headings to separate it from the 1959 film?
@squeamishsquirrel I like this version,as well,but the original had Gregory Peck,Ava Gardner,and Fred Astaire,and they made it a hard act to follow. Both versions are eminently watchable. Armand Assante is great.
I like this version better. That he returned to her seems more likely, than not. I wish we could all feel as though we all wouldn't die from radiation, but with Fukushima leaking radiation like a sieve and many nuclear power plants on fault lines and all the earthquakes, not to mention the elites demanding that we build more of them, maybe we could s-l-o-w-l-y die from radiation. Look how they with hold information. Look at Japan, some are sick and bleeding now and the radiation still spews out.
@LibertyTreeBud Disasters at nuclear plants are far less devastating than an all-out global nuke war. And don't forget the only failling in Fukushima was that the tidal wave was only 2-3 meters higher than the plants anti-tsunami barrier. It wasn't exactly Chernobyl, though it will still take a lot of work until the area around the plant becomes safer. At least the place is a write-off and won't pose an immediate risk in the future.
Geotrophic Balance - partly down to the Coriolis Effect - means little radioactive cloud masses could cross the equator from northern to southern hemisphere. It would be deflected northward. Surprising scientific oversight for a man of Nevil Shute Norway's scientific calibre (but doesn't spoil the story!).
Oh, right - they do sort of address the issue and call it "high altitude spillage" (which is an interesting idea). The only problem with that is the deflection is just as powerful at higher altitudes. It's unlikely much "spillage" would occur. I suppose the sheer scale of the devastation might cause some kind of global atmospheric disruption, but it's not likely. Even so, it's kind of nice they at least nodded at the science in this remake. And I shan't say another word about it ;)
I like the beginning of this movie; the way is shows these cocky, sociopath, degenerate, money/power-junkie politicians in their $5000 suits. If Americans continue of this ridiculous oxymoron statement known as "peaceful resistance" there will be nothing left to resist. We will be all dead and the power/money-junkies will be the only ones left in their mega bunkers.
I don,t if anyone out watching this video would agree or disagree but the begining scence at this video does seem plausible... after its a historical fact that China considers Taiwain a runaway terroritory that it would bring back by force at the earlrest opportunity. What Do You Think ?
@64Albere look for a attack here in the u.s. the globalist will use this lame binladin crap for one. they will say al cia dia which is another name for our gov will do it. funny thing in 01 there our sworn enemy but in lybia there our friends
Good try Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, et al, but Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins, Fred Astaire, et al are just plain better. What a difference in culture and manners you see in these two movies. The original has dignity and humaneness this version isn't even aware of. The original is genuinely tragic. In this version the end of the world is just bad luck. The writers spent all their time in the shallow end of the pool.
@jimtrueblue99 yea, but this new version is probably more realistic. in a situation like the one shown in the storyline, society would likely breakdown, and there would be chaos. i doubt people would act orderly and well-mannered like they did in the first version. even if an actor is well-mannered, it seems unrealistic for the character he plays to be well-mannered under these circumstances.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this. I remember seeing this when it first on Showtime. It reminded me of that other disaster movie "The Day After" have you seen that one?
Having watched the 1959 version on channel 4 (uk) 2 weeks ago I came across this Aussie remake and very impressive it is too. Lets face it Armande Assante Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward had the near impossible task of duplicating the original cast. Stanley Kramers direction was bleak as for which version I like they both complement each showing the way things are now in the original we hardly saw any public unrest or riots. Lets hope to God this would never happen. I still prefer the 1959 ending
I didn't know there is an remake. I think the 59's original was scaring just because there were no war scene, people dying. Just a silent desespaire, a ghost cities.
I quite like Assante,he's a good actor.However,when you remember the original had Peck,Gardner,Astaire and Perkins,it's a no brainer. Peck/Gardner were the business.
i might watch all of this because i have nothing else to do but the captain at 3:30ish and about lost me for interest in the whole movie--except for maybe unintentional comedy.
what's with the macho water bottle sucking?
damn boy!
if i was a movie critic for a newpaper i'd say---"this movie is bad"
@jen8933 The air in a sub is kept dry and has a tendency of dehydrating the body, theres a lot of water drinking to replace the moisture and electrolytes for the body.
This movie has an interesting paradox. Realistically, it is based on an outdated concept. The idea that radiation from nuclear weapons would spread across the world by means of wind patterns and stay permanently in the air for a long period of time was believed at the time the book was written, but no longer considered accurate. But allegorically, it is based on a timeless concept; if the end is coming, how do you want to go out, on your knees or on your feet?
is this movie exactly like the old 1959 one? because i have to waqtch this movie (the 59 one) and write an essay on it. but i can't find the old one anywhere!
they have very little in common except the overall premise.
a good essay would have one section comparing what they have in common vs how they differ...maybe.
i see the contrast with the way things have changed but a lot is how i feel about it.
when i watched the orig. the cold war was still very real. the movie brought me to tears (the aussies singing waltzing matilda) and gave me scared goose bumps because of the 'what ifs'.
Such a destruction is rapidly approaching. Read Revelation 18, which describes a civilization "utterly burned with fire" in the space of only one hour. Only nuclear destruction could bring this about.
I just watched the original the other day, and it was a good movie, although the music would just randomly get loud and dramatic at odd parts. Although this has probably been brought up, wouldn't the radiation of the bombs only last a few weeks? Therefore, there's no way it would form some cloud and continue for months at such toxic levels at least, right?
Arguments over which is better, 50s movie or 80s series (or the original novel) have been going on on this channel since AussieRoo posted . I think all are magnificent in different ways, re the different eras in which they were made or written, , the actors, and the changing circumstances and mores...I have a weakness for the novel and 50s film because they were the first I read or saw, but this is fine too, in spite of the changed ending. The msg is the most important.Peace to all,hopefully.
I love watching SCI-FI/Drama films or just Disaster movies. This one was very touching, emotional and sad film. Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie and Grant Bowler did a great job!!!
think rachel ward does a good job in the ava gardner role but dont think aa can touch gregory peck. for a remake not bad but still gotta vote for the original cast. fred astaire was great as julian -
Both movies tell a chilling story but the remake can't touch the original ... The end of the original left no doubt as to the finality of mankind and the tragedy of the vast loss ... the remake does make a big impact and it has a strong scare factor but it still doesn't convey Shute's message as well.
i like the guy who said 23 rads would kill you in 4 or 5 hrs. - he's right , but would everyone be so damm analytical if this sh@t really happened ? I'm a nuke eng. and just watching this made me kind of sick. I pray we never ever live to see such crap !!
That's because its longer (allowing for more detail), and because the world is now in even more urgent need of anti-nuclear stories like this...even more than in the 50s...
@altodivo Yes, now more than ever. After all, nuclear wars have been breaking out all over the place. Why, I saw 3 nuclear wars break out on the way home from work yesterday. OMG, another one just happened.
23 rads and stable - and they're surfacing? At 23 rads an hour, the vomiting would start in about 4 or 5 hours, and they'd have gotten a lethal dose in a day and a half, maybe two. I know, I know, it's fiction, only a movie, etc. - but cmon, any first-year physics student would know about radiation dosages.
@brucearmstrong1 they've been under water for weeks, 20 rads and stable prob meant the radiation is not climbing up higher so it's finally safe to get some air. and maybe it's still livable near that part of the world
I read a lot of Nevil Shute in my late teens including this story. I've been reading it a third time lately though I don't remember seeing the movie so thanks for putting it on the net.
@anisete46 Ironically, the actor playing the President IS American. Nicholas Hammond, one of the original Von Trapp children from The Sound of Music, was from America but didn't move to Australia until the 80's. Perhaps he did pick up a bit of an accent since then.
the first movie was with the russians over east/west berlin...the 2nd movie was also with russia over iran...now this one is with the chinese and the one i think most likely, but i think it will start over the mid east and not taiwan...they should have at least shown the exchange first :(
@anisete46 Im curious too, what 2nd movie? As far as I know they have only made ON THE BEACH twice. The 50's version and the 2000 version with Rachel Ward and Armand Assante
@walleyrt69 unfortunately, tv series are not eligible, if so I would agree with you... but still think the 50s movie has its merits, if only for Ava, Gregory, and Waltzing Matilda, plus more faithful to the novel.. but I love this too....
I agree, with reservations... the ending here is different from the book...more satisfying maybe, but less poignant.... but at least Moira doesn't come off as a slut here, and Bryan Brown is a lot sexier than Fred Astaire...
Thanks very much for posting. I first heard about the movie during a Helen Caldicott talk in SoCal way back in 1985. It took me twenty five years before I actually got around to watching the (original) OTB with Gregory Peck, et al, but when I did I realized why so many people were depressed after seeing it--even 50 years later it still hits you like a kick to the stomach--very bleak. I imagine The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, scheduled to be released in a few weeks will have a similar effect.
But there was a 1950s movie with Gregory Peck based on the NevilShute novel....that film endingfollows that of thebook,different inthis version... bothare great
The Austrailian remake is very interesting, but my (American) sense is that the film was too long. The 1959 Hollywood version was much shorter and tighter. By the way in 1959 the movie was the subject of a serious discussion in an Eisenhower Cabinet meeting that the film was "depressing" the American people and that the word should be gotten out that such things are survivable and life will be different, but will go on. Take heart!
Im US 2 but still prefer the Aussie SERIES (not film) 1)Moira in 1959 was more or less an alcoholic slut rejected by Ozborne (Astaire) 2)tho less faithful to the book (Towers leaves with his crew) the images are here r more up to date 3) None of the actors had an Oz accent. But still love the 50s movie and Gregory Peck, and Mary's line "And this will cure it?" plus they really should have used Waltzing Matilda here,such a poignant tune..(didnt know about Ike thing but not surprised, was ther),
Interesting. I didn't know that. Ronald Reagan was also apparently aware of the movie and its effect on the populace. In his meeting with Helen Caldicott in the White House he actually beat her to the punch, referring to OTB as one of the movies that informed her judgement. Certainly he was briefed ahead of time, but nevertheless I think he caught her off guard.
I see a lot of valid points here; Does it really matter which country starts the road down to Nuclear War? Radition going around the globe would eventually get to you as shown toward end of this film
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Dumb Americans always trying to interfere in everyone else's country, but never take the time to guard it's own borders, America is wide open for invasion, it has 3 million people across it's border each year, now that is down right dumb!
Hrm, Old Soviey Union versus USA, yeah, world gets blown up. Chinas versus USA? Not quite. China doesn't have the sheer number of nukes to cause the kind of problems portrayed here.
One of the greatest movies ever filmed. As much as this film has been overlooked I do not believe any film has ever come as close to do as potraying what is only going to happen in a matter of time. It isnt Science Fiction People of the World Wake Up. Nuclear War is coming. Armand Assante and Rachel Ward two of the greatest actors ever. I love this movie - it is in my top 3 favorites of all time.
This was good but the original was better in many ways. For one this is not a daily reality as it was in 1959 when I was a lad. The film was also set some years later which increased the very, very real anxiety of the end of the world. With the cuban missle crises it came as close to reality as we wanted to come.
This version has too much fluff in order to stretch out the episodes for television and its sponsors.
Fluff ? I found it followed the book and original movie quite a bit, allowing for modernization..
I was a ladette in 1959, lived thru the Cuban crisis on an Army base in Texas... very very real anxiety as you say.. we were told in school in case of alert, crawl under your desk, put your head between your knees... (and, yeah, kiss your ass goodbye...) Agree that the original was better in some ways, but I love both...
Anisete46 asked about the different color uniforms.
Not quite different colors but different types. Submarine crews are known to wear a coverall type uniform when at sea. Normal Navy uniform for enlisted is the light/dark blue dungaree. Officers and Chiefs wear khaki. Mess cooks wear a t-shirt type uniform. Finally, the orange jackets may have been foul weather. As to why they are wearing different legal uniforms, well, it Towers' boat. He can do as he pleases.
poor Giles....guy probably lost his family and everything and he only finds solace in solitaire and the Bible maybe. i wanna know more about Giles. who is Giles? where is he from? read this book in 2002, cried my eyes out. ie ladies im sensitive and sexy.
Has anyone here visited an American sub? I was on a French nuclear attack sub recently and unless they were hiding things, the control room looked nothing like here. The galley and dining room were the same size tho, but the crew had 4-bed cabins instead of Pullman berths here. But they were all cute as hell, like here. (the crew I mean).
I toured the WWII sub Pampanito, that is berthed in San Francisco. There's an online tour of the sub that is worth seeing. I took a submarine ride in Hawaii a few years ago, a tourist sub with portholes on both sides, and I got to sit next to the pilot, who sits behind a huge plastic dome that magnifies everything. Maximum depth 130', no lights, everything is very blue down there, but it was fun. Also toured the "Nautilus" from 20,000 Leagues Under The Seat... (continued)
Shortlyl after the release of Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, the movie sets were installed in an exhibit in Disneyland's Tomorrowland. Walking through the exhibit was about as close to touring the "Nautilus" as you can get. It was very cool. They even had the giant squid, outside the starboard window, waving its tentacles and opening and closing its beak. I spent hours there as a kid. Alas, it was dismantled the year Walt died.
Walt Disney died in the summer of 1966. Had he lived I think the exhibit would've been left in place a lot longer. It was replaced with a GM "Corporate" exhibit... just what the world needed, another monument to General Motors. See where that got us... : )-
BTW, I've been watching some of the other clips from the the OTB remake - perhaps it's not as bad as I thought, although I still think the Captain's acting is way over the top - he seems borderline psychotic to me. It's true that the orig OTB is a very somber film, but it has some classic scenes, e.g., Peck and Gardner at the fishing resort, in their hotel room when the storm comes and they hear the baritone singing Waltzing Matilda. That scene gets to me every time.
Been on a demissiled Boomer for a few days. Know enough about interiors that I can take what I've learned of diagrams, seen in pictures to apply what it should be like. On the Boomer, the bunks were like they were in the movie.
I visited a French nuclear attack sub and was naively disappointed by the size of the bridge, tiny compared to what one sees in the movies... but maybe American subs are bigger? Most of the space in fact seemed to be taken up by the reactor and the missiles. The mess hall was big though. And absolutely all the guys were good-looking....
I can't agree, I like both versions for different reasons. Rachel, seriously irritating, doesn't compare with Ava of course but Bryan Brown is more credible than Fred. Also the 50s film suffered from a puritanical view of "loose" women,but the ending was better, more poignant, closer to the book. And this version should have included Waltzing Matilda in the soundtrack, altho the Requiem here is also beautiful. Anyway, can we agree to differ?
Sure. I only watched the first clip. I didn't see the point of the captain chugging water from a plastic bottle, the crew's reaction to "23 rads" seemed over the top - they'd just lost their homes, their families, their country; they would be more somber I think, and the captain mentioning the women on Chapel Street was not realistic, not based on my military experience. What I saw paled by comparison to the original film and the book & they left out Waltzing Matilda? Unforgivable. Ban remakes!
The water chugging, irrelevant I agree. Crew's reaction? well, do we know how we would react in same situation? Re Chapel St. these guys in prime of life under water for six months with intolerable thoughts have had time to adjust,.blame them for seeking any kind of release?I grew up on mil bases and am not surprised. Too bad about Waltzing Matilda, but not all remakes are bad. If you can watch the final episodes, I think they are better than movie, tho more poignant if Towers leaves with crew
Remakes. 2 good ones come to mind: The Thing & Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still was awful IMHO. Re: OTB, I'm sure the horny crew in the original made a beeline for the B-girls, etc., but that was all subtext in the original - handled much more tastefully. This was a TV movie, right? Do you know if it's on NetFlix? Maybe it would be fun to watch while stoned...
Re Body Snatchers: I was pleasantly surprized by the remake, having really loved the original, it was an interesting new take. Haven't seen the Remake of Thing or DtESS, the latter could only be bad, no Michael Rennie !!!.. Probably would be great watching stoned unfortunately here in France is difficult to be approvisioned.. last week they even banned the Biosmoke site.... will have to get to Amsterdam one of these days...
Hoping to make it to London and Amsterdam this year. I have a friend in London. We co-write a comedy blog, "Tails From The Bird & Buffalo" (Iconoclastic humor for the discriminating reprobate). Stew's the Bird, I'm the Buffalo, a euphemism for Belgian-Americans. We're rising in the charts, according to Stew. But then he drinks quite a bit of wine...
i prefer the original version, and yet it is quite possible that my feeling is based simply on the fact that i'm used to the original version. i've thought about the original numerous times over the last 25 years or so, whereas i didn't see the remake till the last few days.
coventrygardens 1 week ago
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in both the original movie and the remake, i think the creepiest scenes are where they commit suicide, and where they discuss their plans to commit suicide. to me, the thought of someone intentionally killing himself is much creepier than the thought of someone getting killed by someone else. furthermore, imagine if a person changes his mind after he takes the poison. furthermore, i doubt many people would commit suicide, even under these circumstances.
coventrygardens 1 week ago
It's totally unrealistic. Radiation (fallout) doesn't advance across the globe in clouds. And it has a half-life of limited duration. The craziest thing about this scenario is that a nuclear submarine, like a deep cave, is an absolute long-term shelter against radiation. These idiots could have unshipped the torpedoes, loaded up with food and supplies, brought all their wives and girlfriends aboard and restarted the human race after a long submergence.
palibrae 1 month ago
It was a good try, but the 1959 production stands alone.
profitleads 2 months ago 2
The French interviewer at the start of this is wrong. By starting the blockade it's the Chinese who start the end of the world.
worldslinger81 2 months ago
"Surely one of you has got to back down." lol
olivemike81 2 months ago
@AussieRoo1 I love love LOVE that you uploaded the whole picture but could you please add "(2000)" or something to that effect to the headings to separate it from the 1959 film?
ragemanchoo82 2 months ago
I love both versions
anisete46 3 months ago
@anisete46 I do to.
Professor6871 1 week ago
WITH US BUILDING UP CHINA THIS IS ACTUALLY SCARY AND INEVITABLE !
walleyrt69 3 months ago
and now in german pls :))
tonka301180 3 months ago in playlist uss charleston
I would have liked to seen Gregory Peck recite the "3 things I have to warn you about" part. That would have been hilarious.
ashland1977 3 months ago
I like both versions. 1959 had an all star cast. This version still is very good and Armand Assante is wonderful in this film. Thanks for posting.
ashland1977 3 months ago
@squeamishsquirrel I like this version,as well,but the original had Gregory Peck,Ava Gardner,and Fred Astaire,and they made it a hard act to follow. Both versions are eminently watchable. Armand Assante is great.
Thanks for posting,AussieRoo.
MOGGS1942 4 months ago
Love the American president with an Aussie accent.. also all the irrelevant film clips :))
anisete46 5 months ago
Damn, I meant "failing".
ZemplinTemplar 5 months ago
I like this version better. That he returned to her seems more likely, than not. I wish we could all feel as though we all wouldn't die from radiation, but with Fukushima leaking radiation like a sieve and many nuclear power plants on fault lines and all the earthquakes, not to mention the elites demanding that we build more of them, maybe we could s-l-o-w-l-y die from radiation. Look how they with hold information. Look at Japan, some are sick and bleeding now and the radiation still spews out.
LibertyTreeBud 6 months ago
@LibertyTreeBud Disasters at nuclear plants are far less devastating than an all-out global nuke war. And don't forget the only failling in Fukushima was that the tidal wave was only 2-3 meters higher than the plants anti-tsunami barrier. It wasn't exactly Chernobyl, though it will still take a lot of work until the area around the plant becomes safer. At least the place is a write-off and won't pose an immediate risk in the future.
ZemplinTemplar 5 months ago
In reality Chinese Nukes can reach to the Pacific Coast of America.
v19d 7 months ago
Thanks for uploading AussieRoo. Just re-read the book. The opening of this film is bloody terrifying.
sitithesecond 8 months ago
Geotrophic Balance - partly down to the Coriolis Effect - means little radioactive cloud masses could cross the equator from northern to southern hemisphere. It would be deflected northward. Surprising scientific oversight for a man of Nevil Shute Norway's scientific calibre (but doesn't spoil the story!).
ludocrat 8 months ago
@ludocrat
Oh, right - they do sort of address the issue and call it "high altitude spillage" (which is an interesting idea). The only problem with that is the deflection is just as powerful at higher altitudes. It's unlikely much "spillage" would occur. I suppose the sheer scale of the devastation might cause some kind of global atmospheric disruption, but it's not likely. Even so, it's kind of nice they at least nodded at the science in this remake. And I shan't say another word about it ;)
ludocrat 8 months ago
Idk why but the intro always terriefied me .
G36Ghost 8 months ago
really good flick, best thing mulcahy has ever done. almost makes me forgive him for those highlander sequels.
mike1964180 8 months ago
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Edinaldo08 8 months ago
I like the beginning of this movie; the way is shows these cocky, sociopath, degenerate, money/power-junkie politicians in their $5000 suits. If Americans continue of this ridiculous oxymoron statement known as "peaceful resistance" there will be nothing left to resist. We will be all dead and the power/money-junkies will be the only ones left in their mega bunkers.
biped19 8 months ago
I don,t if anyone out watching this video would agree or disagree but the begining scence at this video does seem plausible... after its a historical fact that China considers Taiwain a runaway terroritory that it would bring back by force at the earlrest opportunity. What Do You Think ?
64Albere 9 months ago
@64Albere look for a attack here in the u.s. the globalist will use this lame binladin crap for one. they will say al cia dia which is another name for our gov will do it. funny thing in 01 there our sworn enemy but in lybia there our friends
eredy 9 months ago
I did not know that there is a remake. I'll give it a shot.
stonebear23 9 months ago
Good try Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, et al, but Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins, Fred Astaire, et al are just plain better. What a difference in culture and manners you see in these two movies. The original has dignity and humaneness this version isn't even aware of. The original is genuinely tragic. In this version the end of the world is just bad luck. The writers spent all their time in the shallow end of the pool.
jimtrueblue99 9 months ago 6
@jimtrueblue99 Agreed. While neither film is really faithful to the book, the 1959 version is much better.
TomBarrister 9 months ago
@jimtrueblue99 yea, but this new version is probably more realistic. in a situation like the one shown in the storyline, society would likely breakdown, and there would be chaos. i doubt people would act orderly and well-mannered like they did in the first version. even if an actor is well-mannered, it seems unrealistic for the character he plays to be well-mannered under these circumstances.
coventrygardens 2 months ago
@jimtrueblue99 I don't think so, I think its treated tragicially here too.
soeffingwhat 1 month ago
@squeamishsquirrel The original is mind numbing crap so i hope this is better
DanielBowden1975 9 months ago
7:00 Men...wearing GLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSES!
geoffck6969 9 months ago
We are one world. We learn to live together, or we all die together.
We can explore the cosmos, or perish by our own hands.
It's just that simple, and the galaxy will not care if we choose to die.
OneWorldHistory 9 months ago
@OneWorldHistory Did you write the scripts for The Waltons, and The Little House On The Prairie?
Some species disappear, sompe survive, and the same goes for humans
wwwonderful 9 months ago
So in the post effects for the first few weeks Australia is the wealthy country untill its currency and fueld drains
v19d 10 months ago
THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this. I remember seeing this when it first on Showtime. It reminded me of that other disaster movie "The Day After" have you seen that one?
Greenkai3000 10 months ago
So this beginning scene takes effect 4 weeks after the Nuclear just between 2 nations
v19d 10 months ago
It becomes actual matters and that is pervert
Dungerly 10 months ago
Having watched the 1959 version on channel 4 (uk) 2 weeks ago I came across this Aussie remake and very impressive it is too. Lets face it Armande Assante Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward had the near impossible task of duplicating the original cast. Stanley Kramers direction was bleak as for which version I like they both complement each showing the way things are now in the original we hardly saw any public unrest or riots. Lets hope to God this would never happen. I still prefer the 1959 ending
bigcat178 10 months ago
I liked the older one better!!!!
DavidYakima 11 months ago
FINALLY TY for uploading this. Dam YOUTUBE blocking
Itzmyrave 11 months ago
Listen to: Sir Elwoodin Hiljaiset Värit - Viimeisellä Rannalla
The best song based on the novel. Too bad it's only available in Finnish. Gets me in tears everytime.
adderi 11 months ago
The movie premise is scientific nonsense, but sure why not? How a man faces the end is more important than how realistic that end is.
DefconWarningSystem 11 months ago
@azzarbprime
i'm orig. from richmond ky and they did the same thing.
stopped sometime in the early 70s? not sure.
always gave me goosebumps.
jen8933 11 months ago
@azzarbprime
my town when i was a little kid sounded the siren everyday at noon and whenever there was a fire.
some of my neighbors mom's ordered all her kids to come home if they heard it because it freaked her out so bad.
the town is not so small anymore and now instead of the noon siren they have a severe storm warning siren that will turn you hair white.
jen8933 11 months ago
I didn't know there is an remake. I think the 59's original was scaring just because there were no war scene, people dying. Just a silent desespaire, a ghost cities.
SophyaAgain 11 months ago
@SophyaAgain Highly agree, unfortunately todays films must have a impact for those of us with limited imagination.
candr 11 months ago
I quite like Assante,he's a good actor.However,when you remember the original had Peck,Gardner,Astaire and Perkins,it's a no brainer. Peck/Gardner were the business.
MOGGS1942 1 year ago
i might watch all of this because i have nothing else to do but the captain at 3:30ish and about lost me for interest in the whole movie--except for maybe unintentional comedy.
what's with the macho water bottle sucking?
damn boy!
if i was a movie critic for a newpaper i'd say---"this movie is bad"
jen8933 1 year ago
@jen8933 The air in a sub is kept dry and has a tendency of dehydrating the body, theres a lot of water drinking to replace the moisture and electrolytes for the body.
candr 11 months ago
@candr
i'm not saying drinking water is a bad thing.
i'm saying he's drinking it like an old movie cowboy drinks a dusty bottle of whiskey.
i'm saying he's an over acting ham.
jen8933 11 months ago
@jen8933 LOL OK, I'll go with that.
candr 11 months ago
is very impresionant
provincianesca 1 year ago
This movie was fantastic, I can't believe I lost my copy :( The book was fantastic as well
saintrobbie375 1 year ago
@saintrobbie375
this movie reeks.
seek the original with fred astaire.
jen8933 1 year ago
senseless and unreal movie, fit for people lke outback Australian who still has that cold war mentality. Kid staff
12timlow 1 year ago
This movie has an interesting paradox. Realistically, it is based on an outdated concept. The idea that radiation from nuclear weapons would spread across the world by means of wind patterns and stay permanently in the air for a long period of time was believed at the time the book was written, but no longer considered accurate. But allegorically, it is based on a timeless concept; if the end is coming, how do you want to go out, on your knees or on your feet?
GoingGoingGalt 1 year ago
Sad thing is, the whole Iran affair soon to take place has already been pre-planned ;-(... such is the drama of the new world order
Fnord23Gnosis 1 year ago
@Fnord23Gnosis
you go hide in your basement and when it's safe i'll let you know.
jen8933 11 months ago
is this movie exactly like the old 1959 one? because i have to waqtch this movie (the 59 one) and write an essay on it. but i can't find the old one anywhere!
Laughosity 1 year ago
@Laughosity
they have very little in common except the overall premise.
a good essay would have one section comparing what they have in common vs how they differ...maybe.
i see the contrast with the way things have changed but a lot is how i feel about it.
when i watched the orig. the cold war was still very real. the movie brought me to tears (the aussies singing waltzing matilda) and gave me scared goose bumps because of the 'what ifs'.
the remake i saw after the big threat was over.
jen8933 11 months ago
Such a destruction is rapidly approaching. Read Revelation 18, which describes a civilization "utterly burned with fire" in the space of only one hour. Only nuclear destruction could bring this about.
JohnBraintree 1 year ago
@JohnBraintree check out threads a bbc docudrama about a nuclear strike on sheffield much better than this or the day after...
karlydoc 1 year ago
america.fuck yeah!
blokefella 1 year ago
It's funny how the American radio operator Gyles breaks out his Aussie accent every once in a while when he speaks.
Sharpbevel 1 year ago
I just watched the original the other day, and it was a good movie, although the music would just randomly get loud and dramatic at odd parts. Although this has probably been brought up, wouldn't the radiation of the bombs only last a few weeks? Therefore, there's no way it would form some cloud and continue for months at such toxic levels at least, right?
isearchforfullmoons 1 year ago
Arguments over which is better, 50s movie or 80s series (or the original novel) have been going on on this channel since AussieRoo posted . I think all are magnificent in different ways, re the different eras in which they were made or written, , the actors, and the changing circumstances and mores...I have a weakness for the novel and 50s film because they were the first I read or saw, but this is fine too, in spite of the changed ending. The msg is the most important.Peace to all,hopefully.
anisete46 1 year ago
The intro is awesome...
SupermanLover89 1 year ago 10
I love watching SCI-FI/Drama films or just Disaster movies. This one was very touching, emotional and sad film. Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie and Grant Bowler did a great job!!!
Magnolia296 1 year ago
think rachel ward does a good job in the ava gardner role but dont think aa can touch gregory peck. for a remake not bad but still gotta vote for the original cast. fred astaire was great as julian -
oldfilmfan1 1 year ago
I agree. This version is superior to the original version.
antarcticamoon 1 year ago
Both movies tell a chilling story but the remake can't touch the original ... The end of the original left no doubt as to the finality of mankind and the tragedy of the vast loss ... the remake does make a big impact and it has a strong scare factor but it still doesn't convey Shute's message as well.
hammerogod 1 year ago
i like the guy who said 23 rads would kill you in 4 or 5 hrs. - he's right , but would everyone be so damm analytical if this sh@t really happened ? I'm a nuke eng. and just watching this made me kind of sick. I pray we never ever live to see such crap !!
tonyge11 1 year ago
@squeamishsquirrel
That's because its longer (allowing for more detail), and because the world is now in even more urgent need of anti-nuclear stories like this...even more than in the 50s...
altodivo 1 year ago
@altodivo Yes, now more than ever. After all, nuclear wars have been breaking out all over the place. Why, I saw 3 nuclear wars break out on the way home from work yesterday. OMG, another one just happened.
BrentGrace 1 year ago
@BrentGrace
such an effing bunch of inconsiderate knuckle heads.
made me late for work three times last month.
jen8933 11 months ago
23 rads and stable - and they're surfacing? At 23 rads an hour, the vomiting would start in about 4 or 5 hours, and they'd have gotten a lethal dose in a day and a half, maybe two. I know, I know, it's fiction, only a movie, etc. - but cmon, any first-year physics student would know about radiation dosages.
brucearmstrong1 1 year ago
@brucearmstrong1 they've been under water for weeks, 20 rads and stable prob meant the radiation is not climbing up higher so it's finally safe to get some air. and maybe it's still livable near that part of the world
penitent2401 1 year ago
The original on the beach movie is very sad.
SCHRUBBE1966 1 year ago
Not a bad update of the often overlooked original, which you have got to see if you dig old flicks.
Klaa2 1 year ago
I read a lot of Nevil Shute in my late teens including this story. I've been reading it a third time lately though I don't remember seeing the movie so thanks for putting it on the net.
ssesf 1 year ago
Not as chilling as the original.
ThatHistoryGuy 1 year ago
American president has Aussie accent...
anisete46 1 year ago
@anisete46 Ironically, the actor playing the President IS American. Nicholas Hammond, one of the original Von Trapp children from The Sound of Music, was from America but didn't move to Australia until the 80's. Perhaps he did pick up a bit of an accent since then.
HerrEllsworth 1 year ago
@anisete46
don't you love things like that?
i'm pretty sure most ppl think the roman aristocracy of the cesaers had english accents:)
jen8933 11 months ago
the first movie was with the russians over east/west berlin...the 2nd movie was also with russia over iran...now this one is with the chinese and the one i think most likely, but i think it will start over the mid east and not taiwan...they should have at least shown the exchange first :(
merrittolsen 1 year ago
@merrittolsen what was the 2nd movie?
anisete46 1 year ago
@anisete46 Im curious too, what 2nd movie? As far as I know they have only made ON THE BEACH twice. The 50's version and the 2000 version with Rachel Ward and Armand Assante
manuelherrera777 1 year ago
@manuelherrera777
I think they may be speaking about the BBC presentation "Threads", not an additional remake of On The Beach.
lesterclaypool1 1 year ago
@anisete46
I think they may be speaking about the BBC presentation 'Treads" the premise there was that Russia invaded Iran.
lesterclaypool1 1 year ago
Azzarb... you just made me think... I haven't heard the weekly air raid siren here for ages...!
anisete46 1 year ago
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"Nuclear war cannot be won, and must never be fought".
- US President Ronald Reagan
Christom88 1 year ago
w m g has turned off the sound for part four go and check if you dont believe me. just to let all of you know :(
jayellucaz 2 years ago
Beware ! It will come to this with the Chinese And we built them up! americans are stupid !!!
walleyrt69 2 years ago
what will come will come
anisete46 2 years ago
@anisete46 This version deserves an Academy award.
walleyrt69 2 years ago
@walleyrt69 unfortunately, tv series are not eligible, if so I would agree with you... but still think the 50s movie has its merits, if only for Ava, Gregory, and Waltzing Matilda, plus more faithful to the novel.. but I love this too....
anisete46 1 year ago
It is really awesome film for humans wich feel theirself almost immortal
TheElenarussia 2 years ago
i have been looking after this movie for years after seeing it on television years ago. THANK YOU!
iliaens7 2 years ago
@iliaens7 Same here! so glad I've re-found it.
WhenTheSunHits123 1 year ago
I agree, with reservations... the ending here is different from the book...more satisfying maybe, but less poignant.... but at least Moira doesn't come off as a slut here, and Bryan Brown is a lot sexier than Fred Astaire...
anisete46 2 years ago
I was looking for the 59 version, but beggers can't be choosers.
Thanks for uploading.
Othelie 2 years ago 20
both are great
anisete46 2 years ago
@Othelie They can when the original has Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner.
Darienlover999 1 year ago
@Othelie That's right I haven't seen the film of 1959 anywhere on You Tube so this will have to do.
Professor6871 11 months ago
@Othelie I bought it on Amazon the 59 version that is, for very cheap price not so too long ago.
Professor6871 7 months ago
Thanks very much for posting. I first heard about the movie during a Helen Caldicott talk in SoCal way back in 1985. It took me twenty five years before I actually got around to watching the (original) OTB with Gregory Peck, et al, but when I did I realized why so many people were depressed after seeing it--even 50 years later it still hits you like a kick to the stomach--very bleak. I imagine The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, scheduled to be released in a few weeks will have a similar effect.
GoldenBoughTrader 2 years ago
What year was this released?
huskyjerk 2 years ago
2000
2tallbrandon 2 years ago
But there was a 1950s movie with Gregory Peck based on the NevilShute novel....that film endingfollows that of thebook,different inthis version... bothare great
anisete46 2 years ago
Try "The Last Ship" by William Brinkley
Chilling with at least some hope.
chiburui6 2 years ago
have tried to find that book/film chiburui, no luck so far....
anisete46 2 years ago
ive just started reading the book, very good and extremly interesting......kinda like lord of the flies
Kelztje 2 years ago
The book is better than any film version IMHO... he also wrote A Town Called Alice which is great too..
anisete46 2 years ago
It is really good. I found it to be a bit slow but heartbreaking, in a good way. A chilling reminder of a potential reality.
FinishedSentences 2 years ago
The Austrailian remake is very interesting, but my (American) sense is that the film was too long. The 1959 Hollywood version was much shorter and tighter. By the way in 1959 the movie was the subject of a serious discussion in an Eisenhower Cabinet meeting that the film was "depressing" the American people and that the word should be gotten out that such things are survivable and life will be different, but will go on. Take heart!
bizhist 2 years ago
Im US 2 but still prefer the Aussie SERIES (not film) 1)Moira in 1959 was more or less an alcoholic slut rejected by Ozborne (Astaire) 2)tho less faithful to the book (Towers leaves with his crew) the images are here r more up to date 3) None of the actors had an Oz accent. But still love the 50s movie and Gregory Peck, and Mary's line "And this will cure it?" plus they really should have used Waltzing Matilda here,such a poignant tune..(didnt know about Ike thing but not surprised, was ther),
anisete46 2 years ago
Plus Grant Bowler is way sexier than Tony Perkins LOL
anisete46 2 years ago
@bizhist
Interesting. I didn't know that. Ronald Reagan was also apparently aware of the movie and its effect on the populace. In his meeting with Helen Caldicott in the White House he actually beat her to the punch, referring to OTB as one of the movies that informed her judgement. Certainly he was briefed ahead of time, but nevertheless I think he caught her off guard.
GoldenBoughTrader 2 years ago
I see a lot of valid points here; Does it really matter which country starts the road down to Nuclear War? Radition going around the globe would eventually get to you as shown toward end of this film
albc1964 2 years ago 3
Thank you for uploading this!!! I have never been able to see it before now.
ThunderPigRemixes 2 years ago 2
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Dumb Americans always trying to interfere in everyone else's country, but never take the time to guard it's own borders, America is wide open for invasion, it has 3 million people across it's border each year, now that is down right dumb!
proverb311031 2 years ago
never said it did.
lukeslandspeeder 2 years ago
reminds of of todays news. scary and sad isnt it..
lukeslandspeeder 2 years ago
Hrm, Old Soviey Union versus USA, yeah, world gets blown up. Chinas versus USA? Not quite. China doesn't have the sheer number of nukes to cause the kind of problems portrayed here.
robhess9 2 years ago
f both sides fired, it wouldn't matter. The world would still die.
pytko3 2 years ago 5
where is leonardo dicaprio?
mikebx21 2 years ago
your thinking of "the beach"
ToaztBusterz 2 years ago
not born yet, I think :)
granskare 2 years ago
One of the greatest movies ever filmed. As much as this film has been overlooked I do not believe any film has ever come as close to do as potraying what is only going to happen in a matter of time. It isnt Science Fiction People of the World Wake Up. Nuclear War is coming. Armand Assante and Rachel Ward two of the greatest actors ever. I love this movie - it is in my top 3 favorites of all time.
mysticalwind72 2 years ago 2
Much better than the 50s Hollywood version, altho, Rachel is a bit annoying at times IMHO
anisete46 2 years ago
wot yr was this version made
555banzai 2 years ago
Learn to spell and use 'google' retard.
gnigged68 2 years ago
ohh fuck u its only fucken utube fag ya no its a way of typing fast so stop talking out ur ass
555banzai 2 years ago
this is a nice movie. The whole Radiation thing which is at the core of this movie is total BS but film is still nice
McMitrich 2 years ago
It was written in 1959 lol. :p
GalacticAlliance 2 years ago
I was looking for the film "The beach" with Leonardo dicaprio. Does anyone know where I can watch i for free?
catherineAnna1 2 years ago
i also looking at it but i can not find it,,,,,
lossingirl 2 years ago
completely different movie, plus it sucks, sorry
anisete46 2 years ago
And then man uttered upon to God,"We are our own,and you are not in control",and that is the day man decided his own fate,by his own hand.
Images of things to come.
meatwad260 2 years ago 4
"make contact with Singapore, Rio, Delhi and what?
anisete46 2 years ago
Auckland
nseagoon71 2 years ago
thankx
anisete46 2 years ago
thankx
anisete46 2 years ago
The guy who was in the living area down below, shows up 15 seconds later on duty in the control room... Navy guys are fast !
anisete46 2 years ago
If they made it today, it would be Iran...mutatis mutandi...
anisete46 2 years ago
Fajnie, nareszcie znalazłam ten film. Ponoć jest fajny, więc go obejrzę.
Great, I find this film. It's good film, probably, so I will watch it.
ewelina1d 2 years ago
This was good but the original was better in many ways. For one this is not a daily reality as it was in 1959 when I was a lad. The film was also set some years later which increased the very, very real anxiety of the end of the world. With the cuban missle crises it came as close to reality as we wanted to come.
This version has too much fluff in order to stretch out the episodes for television and its sponsors.
globalman 2 years ago
Fluff ? I found it followed the book and original movie quite a bit, allowing for modernization..
I was a ladette in 1959, lived thru the Cuban crisis on an Army base in Texas... very very real anxiety as you say.. we were told in school in case of alert, crawl under your desk, put your head between your knees... (and, yeah, kiss your ass goodbye...) Agree that the original was better in some ways, but I love both...
anisete46 2 years ago
meant to reply to you above, it went haywire
anisete46 2 years ago
what are all the different colors of uniforms?
anisete46 2 years ago
Anisete46 asked about the different color uniforms.
Not quite different colors but different types. Submarine crews are known to wear a coverall type uniform when at sea. Normal Navy uniform for enlisted is the light/dark blue dungaree. Officers and Chiefs wear khaki. Mess cooks wear a t-shirt type uniform. Finally, the orange jackets may have been foul weather. As to why they are wearing different legal uniforms, well, it Towers' boat. He can do as he pleases.
Felixuncia 2 years ago
Sub commander can decide on the uniforms?
anisete46 2 years ago
Well, as the movie pointed out.....there is no one around to court martial him for that....is there?
Felixuncia 2 years ago
Armand Assante is awesome in this! luv the guy
Shipmate1936 2 years ago 2
poor Giles....guy probably lost his family and everything and he only finds solace in solitaire and the Bible maybe. i wanna know more about Giles. who is Giles? where is he from? read this book in 2002, cried my eyes out. ie ladies im sensitive and sexy.
januarycraziness 2 years ago
Giles is great, probably from SF
anisete46 2 years ago
Has anyone here visited an American sub? I was on a French nuclear attack sub recently and unless they were hiding things, the control room looked nothing like here. The galley and dining room were the same size tho, but the crew had 4-bed cabins instead of Pullman berths here. But they were all cute as hell, like here. (the crew I mean).
anisete46 2 years ago
I toured the WWII sub Pampanito, that is berthed in San Francisco. There's an online tour of the sub that is worth seeing. I took a submarine ride in Hawaii a few years ago, a tourist sub with portholes on both sides, and I got to sit next to the pilot, who sits behind a huge plastic dome that magnifies everything. Maximum depth 130', no lights, everything is very blue down there, but it was fun. Also toured the "Nautilus" from 20,000 Leagues Under The Seat... (continued)
jregularnemo 2 years ago
Shortlyl after the release of Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, the movie sets were installed in an exhibit in Disneyland's Tomorrowland. Walking through the exhibit was about as close to touring the "Nautilus" as you can get. It was very cool. They even had the giant squid, outside the starboard window, waving its tentacles and opening and closing its beak. I spent hours there as a kid. Alas, it was dismantled the year Walt died.
jregularnemo 2 years ago
what year was that?
anisete46 2 years ago
Walt Disney died in the summer of 1966. Had he lived I think the exhibit would've been left in place a lot longer. It was replaced with a GM "Corporate" exhibit... just what the world needed, another monument to General Motors. See where that got us... : )-
jregularnemo 2 years ago
BTW, I've been watching some of the other clips from the the OTB remake - perhaps it's not as bad as I thought, although I still think the Captain's acting is way over the top - he seems borderline psychotic to me. It's true that the orig OTB is a very somber film, but it has some classic scenes, e.g., Peck and Gardner at the fishing resort, in their hotel room when the storm comes and they hear the baritone singing Waltzing Matilda. That scene gets to me every time.
jregularnemo 2 years ago
Been on a demissiled Boomer for a few days. Know enough about interiors that I can take what I've learned of diagrams, seen in pictures to apply what it should be like. On the Boomer, the bunks were like they were in the movie.
Felixuncia 2 years ago
I visited a French nuclear attack sub and was naively disappointed by the size of the bridge, tiny compared to what one sees in the movies... but maybe American subs are bigger? Most of the space in fact seemed to be taken up by the reactor and the missiles. The mess hall was big though. And absolutely all the guys were good-looking....
anisete46 2 years ago
Compared to the original film with Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner, this is total piece of shit - and another good reason to ban remakes.
jregularnemo 2 years ago
I can't agree, I like both versions for different reasons. Rachel, seriously irritating, doesn't compare with Ava of course but Bryan Brown is more credible than Fred. Also the 50s film suffered from a puritanical view of "loose" women,but the ending was better, more poignant, closer to the book. And this version should have included Waltzing Matilda in the soundtrack, altho the Requiem here is also beautiful. Anyway, can we agree to differ?
anisete46 2 years ago
Sure. I only watched the first clip. I didn't see the point of the captain chugging water from a plastic bottle, the crew's reaction to "23 rads" seemed over the top - they'd just lost their homes, their families, their country; they would be more somber I think, and the captain mentioning the women on Chapel Street was not realistic, not based on my military experience. What I saw paled by comparison to the original film and the book & they left out Waltzing Matilda? Unforgivable. Ban remakes!
jregularnemo 2 years ago
The water chugging, irrelevant I agree. Crew's reaction? well, do we know how we would react in same situation? Re Chapel St. these guys in prime of life under water for six months with intolerable thoughts have had time to adjust,.blame them for seeking any kind of release?I grew up on mil bases and am not surprised. Too bad about Waltzing Matilda, but not all remakes are bad. If you can watch the final episodes, I think they are better than movie, tho more poignant if Towers leaves with crew
anisete46 2 years ago
Remakes. 2 good ones come to mind: The Thing & Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still was awful IMHO. Re: OTB, I'm sure the horny crew in the original made a beeline for the B-girls, etc., but that was all subtext in the original - handled much more tastefully. This was a TV movie, right? Do you know if it's on NetFlix? Maybe it would be fun to watch while stoned...
jregularnemo 2 years ago
Re Body Snatchers: I was pleasantly surprized by the remake, having really loved the original, it was an interesting new take. Haven't seen the Remake of Thing or DtESS, the latter could only be bad, no Michael Rennie !!!.. Probably would be great watching stoned unfortunately here in France is difficult to be approvisioned.. last week they even banned the Biosmoke site.... will have to get to Amsterdam one of these days...
anisete46 2 years ago
Hoping to make it to London and Amsterdam this year. I have a friend in London. We co-write a comedy blog, "Tails From The Bird & Buffalo" (Iconoclastic humor for the discriminating reprobate). Stew's the Bird, I'm the Buffalo, a euphemism for Belgian-Americans. We're rising in the charts, according to Stew. But then he drinks quite a bit of wine...
jregularnemo 2 years ago
Love London, wish I could get there more often...
Buffalo = Belgian American ????
anisete46 2 years ago
Oui. No one knows why, for sure. Theories abound.
jregularnemo 2 years ago