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The Blue Lagoon ()

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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.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations.
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Emmeline Lestrange
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Richard Lestrange
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Paddy Button
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Arthur Lestrange
Elva Josephson ...
Young Emmeline
Glenn Kohan ...
Young Richard
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Captain
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Officer
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Lookout (as Jeffrey Means)
Bradley Pryce ...
Little Paddy
Chad Timmerman ...
Infant Paddy (as Chad Timmermans)
Gert Jacoby ...
Sailor
Alex Hamilton ...
Sailor
Richard Evanson ...
Sailor

Directed by

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Randal Kleiser

Written by

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Henry De Vere Stacpoole ... (based on the novel by)
 
Douglas Day Stewart ... (screenplay by)

Produced by

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Richard Franklin ... co-producer
Randal Kleiser ... producer

Music by

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Basil Poledouris

Cinematography by

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Néstor Almendros ... director of photography (as Nestor Almendros)

Editing by

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Robert Gordon

Editorial Department

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Lorenzo DeStefano ... apprentice editor
Dolly Gordon ... assistant editor (as Dolly Fendel)

Casting By

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Vic Ramos

Art Direction by

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Jon Dowding

Costume Design by

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Jean-Pierre Dorléac ... (as Jean-Pierre Dorleac)

Makeup Department

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Irene Walls ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Peter Bogart ... unit production manager
Barbi Taylor ... production supervisor
Frank Price ... executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Peter Bogart ... first assistant director
Mark Piper ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Allen Brown ... art department staff
Ken Hazelwood ... construction manager
Nick Hepworth ... property master
Clive Jones ... art department staff
Gregg O'Connell ... constructor
Gerry Powderly ... constructor
John Taylor ... art department staff
Nicolaas Van Roosendael ... property buyer

Sound Department

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Wayne Artman ... re-recording mixer
Tom Beckert ... re-recording mixer
Paul Clark ... production mixer
John Duffy ... sound editor
Chris Goldsmith ... boom operator
William Hooper ... assistant sound editor
Michael Jiron ... re-recording mixer
Emile Razpopov ... sound effects supervisor

Special Effects by

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Chuck E. Stewart ... special effects assistant (as Chuck Stewart)

Visual Effects by

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Jeffrey Kleiser ... special optical effects

Stunts

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Kathy Troutt ... stunt coordinator
Wally Crowder ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Kathy Troutt ... stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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David Brostoff ... assistant camera
Ray Brown ... key grip
Peter Lyons Collister ... insert photography (as Peter Lyons)
Ian Dewhurst ... electrician
Jack Endacott ... assistant camera
Tony Holtham ... electrician
Roger G. Jans ... still photographer
Vincent Monton ... additional photography
Ron Taylor ... underwater photography
Valerie Taylor ... underwater photography
Paul Thompson ... second grip
Hal Trussell ... gaffer (as Hal Trusell)
Peter Lyons Collister ... director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Rosalie Joseph ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Aphrodite Kondos ... wardrober

Location Management

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Philip Worth ... location manager (as Phil Worth)

Music Department

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Sam E. Levin ... music editor (as Sam Levin)
Brian May ... music coordinator
Greig McRitchie ... orchestrator
Basil Poledouris ... conductor
Sydney Symphony Orchestra ... music performed by (as The Australian Symphonic Orchestra)
George Doering ... musician (uncredited)
Ethmer Roten ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marilyn Giardino ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Bernadette Franklin ... production assistant
Chi-Chung Fu ... graphic artist: titles (as Chi Chung Fu)
Daniel J. Harary ... regional publicist (as Dan Harary)
Fred Harding ... auditor
Rosalie Winkler Karalekas ... production coordinator (as Rosalie Winkler Trencher)
Dessie Markovsky ... dialogue supervisor
Gary Moore ... seaplane pilot
Warwick Ross ... production assistant
Martin Simpson ... unit doctor
Helen Watts ... production secretary
Robert A. Levine ... project director (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

On a journey to San Francisco, Richard, his father and cousin Emmeline find themselves on a ship about to explode. Rushed to a lifeboat with Paddy Button, the two children escape while their father (and uncle) are on another lifeboat. In the chaos following, the lifeboats are separated. Paddy, Richard and Emmeline find themselves with no food and no water stuck in the middle of nowhere. After some time, the three come across an uncharted island, where Paddy quickly teaches the children fishing, hunting and building. After maybe a month or two, Paddy gets very drunk off a barrel of rum found on the island when they first arrive, and drowns in the middle of the night. Now alone and very scared, Richard and Emmeline move location and rebuild their island home. Years later, the children grow into teenagers and have developed a very real home on their island paradise. But hormones and feelings between the two strain their friendship, until Richard, who is still very determined to reach San Francisco, is unhappy with Emmeline when a ship passes by the island and she does not light the signal fire. Throwing her out of the home they had built together, Emmeline attempts to survive on her own but is hurt after stepping on a stonefish. After Richard finds her deathly sick, he realizes how he really feels for her and manages to save her from certain doom. Nature runs its course, and their friendship turns into love as the couple learn about the facts of life, when Emmeline has a baby and does not know the reason. Then for the first time in years, a ship led by Richard's father shows up on the horizon and sees the couple playing with their baby ashore. Written by Bree Pearson

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Taglines A story of natural love. See more »
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Also Known As
  • La laguna azul (United States, Spanish title)
  • Blue Lagoon (World-wide, English title)
  • Le lagon bleu (France)
  • Die blaue Lagune (Germany)
  • El lago azul (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 104 min
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Budget $4,500,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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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. See more »
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. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Yes Frank No Smoke (1986). See more »
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!
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