La bête

Titre original : The Beast

Mini-série télévisée
1996
PG-13
1h 28min

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5,9/10

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Un bateau vide gît sur le rivage, des plongeurs disparaissent. Le Dr Talley, biologiste marin, pense connaître la solution du mystère : dans les profondeurs se trouve un calmar gigantesque.Un bateau vide gît sur le rivage, des plongeurs disparaissent. Le Dr Talley, biologiste marin, pense connaître la solution du mystère : dans les profondeurs se trouve un calmar gigantesque.Un bateau vide gît sur le rivage, des plongeurs disparaissent. Le Dr Talley, biologiste marin, pense connaître la solution du mystère : dans les profondeurs se trouve un calmar gigantesque.

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5,9/10

3 k

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Nommé pour 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 nominations au total

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HautLes mieux notés Saison 1996

• 1996

Karen Sillas

Lt. Kathryn Marcus

• 1996

Charles Martin Smith

Schuyler Graves

• 1996

Ronald Guttman

Dr. Herbert Talley

• 1996

Missy Crider

Dana Dalton

• 1996

Sterling Macer Jr.

Mike Newcombe

• 1996

Denis Arndt

Osborne Manning

• 1996

A.J. Johnson

Nell Newcombe

• 1996

Larry Drake

Lucas Coven

• 1996

Murray Bartlett

Christopher Lane

• 1996

Laura Vazquez

Hadley

• 1996

Robert Mammone

Ensign Raines

• 1996

David Webb

Jameson

• 1996

Marshall Napier

Commander Wallingford

• 1996

Les Hill

Spike Sanders

• 1996

Charlton Hill

Chowder

• 1996

David Field

Scranton

• 1996

Laurence Coy

Farmer

• 1996

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kris-149

Aussie "talent"

This went over pretty big in Australia when it first aired, thanks mostly to the local cast and the fact it was plugged to death by the network beforehand. It's never been seen since, which should tell us something.

My key recollection (and this was eight years ago now) is that it contained the most appalling digital effects I have ever seen. It also featured the tasty Laura Vasquez (from Home and Away), but she went nowhere much after this. Good luck finding a copy - I think they probably destroyed the masters. Or at least they should have.

I enjoyed Jaws as both book and movie, so I thought I'd give Benchley's novel of The Beast a try. It wasn't bad, even if it was pretty much just Jaws revisited.

7ddidee

Cheesy, but a hoot

Yeah, it's Jaws on a budget, but just pop the corn, sit back, and have a little fun. I have sat through some atrocious horror movies (some of those in the 1950's and 60's are just awful), but this one is quite good for it's genre. Go ahead and root for the calamari, if you must! But she is protecting herself and her child as any mother would do in the same situation. The scenery is gorgeous, too--all shot in Australia, I think. I am not big on his love interest...she is a bit bland, but I do like Dana, his character's daughter. She was very believable and quite sweet. (Has she been in anything else?) Whip Dalton is my kind of guy: earthy, but charming...besides, anything with Billy Petersen in it is worth watching.

Dante Hicks

What's the problem?

Very good version of Peter Benchley's novel 'Beast' about the arrival of a giant squid and the danger it presents to a small fishing community. Obvious references to Benchley's far more successful 'Jaws abound but the story remains as strong as ever, humans going up against a seemingly unstoppable sea creature to which anything but mortal fear would be an unusual reaction. While I personally disagree with a few of the editing decisions no one can deny that Charles Martin Smith's Graves is a better character than in the book and that William Peterson is perfectly cast as the hero Whip Dalton. Anyone who has read the book will be able to accept the smooth changes along with the rough and believe that this is a far-above average adaptation of any simple novel, especially one destined merely for TV.

6unbrokenmetal

Hungry squid on the loose

"The Beast" tells about the battle of a coast town against a giant squid. I liked the craftsmanship in the movie, a good script with likeable characters the audience cares for (hardly seen that in new monster flicks recently). Nobody acts really dumb, they all have their flaws and motivation. The story is very much "Jaws" by the numbers, though. First a few people disappear, then a whole boat, politicians and a billionaire run unnecessary risks to use the whole affair for their personal advantage. Despite the feeling of seen-it-all-before, good work. I watched the "uncut" TV version which is nearly 3 hours long.

8hotwheelsking

A Very Enjoyable Movie

I don't agree with the other review at all I though even though they did mess with the story from the book if you forget about the book and concentrate on the movie itself its a pretty good movie.Sure it wasn't done on a high budget but its not cheesy and all in all the special effects are good.I think if you liked Jaws or any of its sequels you'd like this movie I certainly do.I thought it was a really good movie and I think that the squids look really good.I liked the fact that they kept them to a huge size but a size of squid the could exist.Its makes it seemed scarier to me.If you like monster movies or action movies like peter benchley's the deep I definitely think this is a movie for you.

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Anecdotes
Whip refers to the Emergency Position Indicating Beacon by its initials: E P I R B. It is generally pronounced "Eperb".

Gaffes
Whip, the local fisherman, is regularly consulted and kept up to date by the Coast Guard, the scientific community, and the town politicians.

Citations
Whip Dalton: You go out and you try and kill it. But just so you understand exactly what it is you're dealing with: besides its eight huge tentacles, this thing has two whips. Each one is probably as long as this room and three or four feet thick. Those whips are covered with suction cups as big as this notepad. In the center of each cup is a claw as big as my fist and razor sharp. The squid grabs and impales his pray with those whips and drags it towards its beak, shredding the flesh as it goes, and these things can shred a one hundred pound tuna in five seconds. Its beak is like an eagle's, only it's about fifty times bigger and can bite through steel. Now, you make a mistake trying to kill this thing, and it gets you first - like it did the Griffins and those two divers - you pray to God those whips kill you before you get to that beak.