The Beach (novel) only day-dream about". "The Beach" was made into a film in 2000, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Robert Carlyle, Virginie Ledoyen and Guillaume Canet. The novel was at one point reportedly being considered for adaptation to a television series by "The Secret Circle" developer Andrew Miller. The Beach (novel) The Beach is a 1996 novel by English author Alex Garland. Set in Thailand, it is the story of a young backpacker's search for a legendary, idyllic and isolated beach untouched by tourism, and his time there in its small, international community of backpackers. In 2000,
Bash at the Beach (1996) 84 consecutive weeks. In the original broadcast of the pay-per-view, color commentator Bobby Heenan exclaimed "whose side is he on?!", referring to Hogan as he entered the arena. This comment has been edited out of the match as it appears on the Hulk Hogan anthology DVD, but has since been left in unedited in other broadcasts, such as on WWE Classics On Demand and on the WWE Network. <section begin=Results/> <section end=Results/> Bash at the Beach (1996) Bash at the Beach (1996) was the third annual Bash at the Beach professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW).