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The Blue Lagoon [DVD] [1980]

DVD ~ Brooke Shields
4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels, Elva Josephson
  • Directors: Randal Kleiser
  • Writers: Douglas Day Stewart, Henry De Vere Stacpoole
  • Producers: Randal Kleiser, Richard Franklin
  • Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Uca
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Oct 2003
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005AVW6
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,658 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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In 1980, Randal Kleiser's remake of The Blue Lagoon had its critics well and truly divided. On the one hand adolescent nudity, however tasteful, was enough to give the censors the vapours. On the other, the story--essentially a reworking of Robinson Crusoe based on Stacpoole's Edwardian adventure novel with two young children as the castaways growing up on a desert island--seemed just too removed from reality. Kleiser set out to make "the ultimate South Seas film", and indeed the location shooting is a richly beautiful complement to the intimate tale of two young people coming to terms with their own adulthood. He teases out touching performances from Brooke Shields (Emmeline) and Christopher Atkins (Richard) as the marooned pair, and a nicely ambivalent cameo from Leo McKern as Paddy, the ship's cook who gets them set up on the island before rum gets the better of him.

A stilted script helps none of them. But the moments of awkward self-discovery and dawning sexuality are handled with a tenderness which ultimately triumphs over some of the more implausible elements: Shields' perpetually manicured nails, for example, or the fact that she unexpectedly gives birth without breaking sweat. To say nothing of the pair's extraordinary home-building skills, which would have been beyond the remit of the average Edwardian governess to teach. Today, for all its efforts to be taken seriously as a tale of preserved innocence and discovery, it succeeds best as a good old-fashioned adventure.

On the DVD: This widescreen presentation positively bulges with extras. A choice of director's commentaries means that you can hear Randal Kaiser (who had previously directed Grease) reminiscing in fine detail with writer Douglas Day Stewart, and both Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. Some might think this overkill for a non-landmark film, but the discussions are genuinely interesting. The film was clearly a formative experience in Shields' adolescent career --she has also provided an album of personal snapshots as another extra--and it is fascinating to hear her talk about it from her current position as a star of sophisticated television sitcom. The crystal-clear digital remastering and anamorphic stereo picture and sound quality of the main film don't extend to this scratchy, sometimes inaudible documentary. --Piers Ford

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Director, writer and Brooke Shields' feature length commentary
Director and Christopher Atkins' feature-length commentary
Making of featurette
Brooke Shields' personal photo album
Original trailer Filmographies
Digitally re-mastered audio and anamorphic video
Languages in Dolby Digital Discrete Surround: English
Languages in Mono: French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Escape from expectation., 13 Mar 2007
By Edward O'brien "Fantastiked" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Blue Lagoon [DVD] (DVD)
Watched this film again after twenty years. Yes I was young, but I remember adoring it with ignorance towards the puberty. I now adore it for so many other reasons. The main thing I remember loving when I was young, was the score. I still do. It is fitting, heart-breaking and pretty catchy. Brooke and Atkins are amazing actors. Sometimes refered to as childish, I must point out that Brooke was 14 years old and this was Atkins 1st acting role. It is in fact, this childish manner that make them so real. You care.
As they grow into adults, their childish manners have sweet and often very funny consequences. They only ever learn through experience and sadly, it is the little knowledge (lies?) that they were taught whilst very young that leaves the movie with a very ambiguous ending. (Watch it, you will not be dissappointed, but will think about it for days! It caused many arguments with us!) It is a movie about COMPLETE innocence, and it is wonderful to watch a film that can pull you away from modern life and place you in the beauty of the Blue Lagoon.
Pure escapism which, I promise, will leave you thinking about those wonderful lovers for a long time afterwards.
The best film I have seen for a very very long time, and now have to rearrange my top ten films of all time list!
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars an appealing romance develops between 2 shipwrecked teens, 21 Jun 2001
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this film follows the growing romance between Richard and Emeline who have been shipwrecked on an island as young children. Together they have to learn to fend for themselves and cope with entering adolescence. The DVD includes- *pictures from Brooke Shields photo album *trailors with behind the scene footage *interesting and funny commentary with the director, Brooke and christopher Atkins This DVD is a GOOD BUY.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Under Appreciated , 21 Feb 2008
By Andrew Kerr (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Blue Lagoon [DVD] (DVD)
The Blue Lagoon staring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins is based on the 1903 novel written by Henry DeVere Stacpoole. The film follows two small children (Em & Richard) who are stranded on a remote tropical island with a cook after surviving a fire on their ship. Sadly however, the cook later dies and both children and left to fend for themselves. The pair grow closer over time and after entering adolescence become lovers.

I was surprised to find that a lot of my friends have either never seen the film, or have never even heard of it. But despite this, I found The Blue Lagoon to be a movie of pure beauty and innocence that offers plenty of reasons for the viewer to watch. Firstly the shot locations and scenery shown in the film is simply beautiful, and is some places nothing less than breathtaking. Combined with the wildlife shown, this really gives you not only the impression of their isolation, but also of the beauty of the world around them, a world that most of us would never be able to experience.

The acting from all, especially from Brooke and Christopher (who make up most of the film) is stunningly good and seems very natural and believable. The relationship between their two characters evolves and interweaves as the years pass by and they grown from children to teenagers.

There are also some good special features included on the disc, including behind the scene footage, and pictures from Brooke's photo album, which add to the value of the DVD.

I feel that I should mention that The Blue Lagoon is oozing with mistakes and errors, some more noticeable than others. Some of the most obvious include Brooke's conditioned hair and manicured nails, and the fact that she gave birth so quickly without breaking a sweat, but there are more less obvious ones, for example as Paddy is sliding down the waterfall, he's shouting but his mouth isn't moving. But don't despair, as these are never actually that major and don't detract from the beauty that is The Blue Lagoon.

As Em says to Richard "This is where we live...this is our home now and forever." So naturally you'll be wondering throughout the film if Em and Richard are ever found. I won't spoil it for you, but even before the film concludes, you'll be asking yourself weather or not it would be the best thing to happen. They've been together for so long and are happy in their paradise, so would it be the right thing.

The film seems to have a unique quality (in an escapism sort of way) that keeps you involved and interested. The Blue Lagoon really is an extremely enjoyable and watchable masterpiece of cinematic production, underrated and under-appreciated; it should be seen if not owned by all.
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