The Blue Lagoon

Movie Title: The Blue Lagoon
Country: USA
Year: 1980

The lush beauty and splendor of a South Pacificparadise is vividly captured in this version ofHenery DeVere Stacpoole's 1903 novel. Two smallchildren and ship's cook survive a shipwreck andfind safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon,however, the cook dies and the young boy and girlare left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard(Christopher Atkins) made a home for themselvessurrounded by exotic creatures and nature'sbeauty. They learn to cope with the bewilderingvariety of physical and emotional changes thatcome with adolescence. And as the begin tomature, their childhood affections lead to asensitive and more profound love and the birth ofa child. But will they ever see civilization?