Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled.

During filming, a boat accident endangered the life of several crew members, including director Danny Boyle and Leonardo DiCaprio. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt.

Françoise:
Richard, this is just the kind of pretentious bullshit that Americans always say to French girls so they can sleep with them.

Continuity: Keaty explains the rules of cricket and asks if anyone still doesn't understand. Richard and ?ienne both raise their left hands. The camera angle changes; when Richard is shown again, he is raising his right arm instead.

Written by Neil Barnes, Paul Daley
Performed and Produced by Leftfield
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