The Beach (film) loading up on a boat from the raft. The Beach (film) The Beach is a 2000 English-language drama thriller film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland, which was adapted for the film by John Hodge. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, and Robert Carlyle. It was filmed on the Thai island Koh Phi Phi. Richard, a young American seeking adventure in Bangkok, travels in a drab travelers hotel in Khao San Road where he meets a young French couple, Françoise and Étienne, and he
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (novel) Described as "the first black nationalist novel", "The Spook Who Sat by the Door" is also regarded as having inspired the "Blaxploitation" genre of films in the 1970s. It was announced in August 2018 that Lee Daniels Entertainment had secured an option on "The Spook Who Sat by the Door" to develop it as the basis of a series with Fox 21 Television Studios. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (novel) The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969), by Sam Greenlee, is the fictional story of Dan Freeman, the first black CIA officer, and of the CIA's history