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The Blue Lagoon
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?
1980 · Directed by Randal Kleiser · 104 min · Adventure · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
A story of natural love.
Crew
- Written by: Douglas Day Stewart
- Cinematography: Néstor Almendros
- Edited by: Robert Gordon
- Music: Basil Poledouris
- Produced by: Randal Kleiser
Cast
- Brooke Shields as Emmeline
- Christopher Atkins as Richard
- Leo McKern as Paddy Button
- William Daniels as Arthur Lestrange
- Jeffrey Kleiser as Lookout
- Gus Mercurio as Officer
- Elva Josephson as Young Emmeline
- Glenn Kohan as Young Richard
- Bradley Pryce as Little Paddy
- Chad Timmerman as Infant Paddy
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $4,500,000
- Box office: $58,853,106
- Themes: sexual identity, shipwreck, melancholy, lovers, stranded, marooned, pacific island, deserted island, tropical island, lost at sea
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