Movie poster for The Blue Lagoon

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Tagline: A sensuous story of natural love.

Main cast

• Brooke Shields - Emmeline Lestrange
• Christopher Atkins - Richard Lestrange
• Leo McKern - Paddy Button
• William Daniels - Arthur Lestrange

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Plot summary

In the Victorian period, two young children and a galley cook are the sole survivors of a shipwreck, and are stranded on a lush tropical island, a real paradise. The cook Paddy Button teaches the children one valuable lesson: certain berries shouldn't be eaten because they will put you to sleep. Eventually Paddy dies and together, cousins Richard and Emmeline Lestrange have to survive, which is quite easy as there are no dangerous animals on the island. Years later, they have grown tall, strong and beautiful. The two teenagers are living in a self-constructed hut, strange emotions start influencing their relationship. Although they have no grown-ups to educate them for all that time, their behavior always stays very civilized. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. ... This article is about shipwrecks, the sunken remains of ships. ... A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent (demonstrated or stipulated) from a common ancestor, marriage or adoption. ... A hut is a small and crude shelter used for dwelling. ...

Because of both their solitude, and their real love for each other, Richard and Emmeline fall in love and begin to discover their sexuality as a way to express their affections. They make love quite often for several months, and Emmeline gets pregnant, totally unaware of the fact that a child is growing inside her. On the night their baby boy is born, Richard finds out about the origins of the drums they hear from time to time from the forbidden side of the island. They come from a savage group of natives who apparently practice human sacrifices. Richard runs back in time to see Emmeline give birth. They spend all their time with the baby boy they named Paddy, teaching him how to swim, throw a spear, and play in the mud. A heart, a symbol of love Love has many meanings in English, from something that gives a little pleasure (I loved that food) to something one would die for (patriotism, pairbonding). ... Human sexuality refers to the expression of sexual sensation and related emotional intimacy between human beings. ... Human sacrifice was practiced in many ancient cultures. ...

One day the two young parents and Paddy are out in a boat and lose their oars. Though not far from shore, they are unable to return because of the presence of sharks. After days of being adrift at sea, Paddy eats some berries that were in the boat. The parents recognize the berries as being the ones that will put them to sleep. Hopelessly lost at sea, they decide to eat the berries as well. Somewhat later, a ship finds them floating in the boat. The ship is led by one of the children's father Arthur Lestrange, who has been searching for them for years. He asks, "Are they dead?" and a sailor answers, "No, sir. They're asleep." It is left to the viewer to decide whether they are in fact asleep and can be revived or if they will die. Orders Hexanchiformes Squaliformes Pristiophoriformes Squatiniformes Heterodontiformes Orectolobiformes Carcharhiniformes Lamniformes Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the...

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Like her earlier Pretty Baby, this film featured numerous nude scenes for the young Shields, who was only 15 when the film was made. Chris has several nude scenes as well (which makes sense, given they are on a tropical island). It also featured them in love scenes, something the earlier film had lacked. This led some to play on the film's title, inferring the "Blue" described the content, "blue" being a common euphemism for pornographic movies, although the scenes in question were tame, even by 1980 standards. Pretty Baby is the title of two songs, and of a motion picture named after the better known of the songs. ... See also: Nudity (disambiguation). ... A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces. ... Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) (also informally referred to as porn or porno) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ...

Reportedly, appearing nude in this film inspired Atkins to be less worried about things like bathing suits, etc. in real life.

In the much later released DVD version of this film, it was stated that many of the nude scenes in fact used older body doubles.

Trivia

• This film is a remake of the 1949 classic The Blue Lagoon, which lacks the nudity and sexual content.
• This film is followed 11 years later by the 1991 sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon.
• Randal Kleiser, producer and director of this film, is also the executive producer of the 1991 sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon.
• The late cinematographer Nestor Almendros was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on this film.
• Kelly Preston auditioned for the role of Emmeline Lestrange.
• Matt Dillon was the original choice for the role of Richard Lestrange but turned it down.

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External links

• The Blue Lagoon at the Internet Movie Database
• The New York Times movie review (registration required)