The Blue Lagoon

1980
AA
1h 44m

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5.8/10

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Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in The Blue Lagoon (1980)

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During the Victorian period, two preteen cousins are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific and enjoy a simple life together until puberty complicates matters.During the Victorian period, two preteen cousins are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific and enjoy a simple life together until puberty complicates matters.During the Victorian period, two preteen cousins are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific and enjoy a simple life together until puberty complicates matters.

Director
- Randal Kleiser
Writers
- Henry De Vere Stacpoole
- Douglas Day Stewart
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

80K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

535

Director
- Randal Kleiser
Writers
- Henry De Vere Stacpoole
- Douglas Day Stewart
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 8 nominations total

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Trivia
While viewing this movie, John Gibbons, a herpetologist at the University of the South Pacific, realized that the iguanas that appeared in the film were a distinct species that had never before been seen or documented by experts in the field. Afterward, he visited Nanuya Levu, the Fiji island where the movie was made, and named the species the Fiji Crested Iguana.

Goofs
After Paddy dies, and the children pack up the dinghy, the handmade toy boat is prominently displayed on top of their belongings. Years later, when they return to the original hut, Richard is digging through the rubble and finds what is left of the toy boat that he clearly took with him.

Quotes
Emmeline Lestrange: You're such a silly dodo, Richard! We're never getting off this island.
Richard Lestrange: Thanks to you!
Emmeline Lestrange: This is where we live, Richard. This is our home, now and forever.
Richard Lestrange: No! I could never live here with JUST you! I don't even like you! You never used to laugh at me! You never used to have secrets you wouldn't tell me!
Emmeline Lestrange: Well, you're not so perfect either, Mr. Richard Lestrange. I've seen you playing with it, and I'll tell your father, IF he ever gets here.
Richard Lestrange: YOU? I hate you!
[throws a rock at her, narrowly missing her]
Emmeline Lestrange: You almost hit me!
Richard Lestrange: Take it back! Take back what you said!
Emmeline Lestrange: I've seen it all! What happens after you've been doing it a long time?
Richard Lestrange: Shut up! That's not fair peeking! I don't peek on you!
Emmeline Lestrange: That's a lie! You're always staring at my buppies.
Richard Lestrange: Only 'cause they look so funny! You know what you look like now, Em? You look like one of those pictures Paddy had in his drawer. One of his Hoochie Coochie girls!

Alternate versions
The version aired on TBS cuts out the shot of Paddy's nude photographs, the blood spurting onto the native after the execution, as well as all nude scenes.

Connections
Edited into Yes Frank No Smoke (1986)

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A boy and a girl grow up on a deserted island

Although panned by most critics, this film represents something we all want: love and beauty. Beauty, on more levels than just Brooke Shields' tan, in being true love, without the "corruption" of western culture, feelings of guilt or shame. Though being called unrealistic- is it really? If we all went back to a simpler way of life, cut through the complicated nature of everyday life, could we not be more stable, and find true love? I enjoyed this film, it was witty, innocent, and beautiful.