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The Blue Lagoon(Movie, 1980)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Genres: Romance / Love, Adventure
The Blue LagoonRating: 3.1/5 (with 805805 votes)
The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American dramatic coming-of-age romantic survival film directed by Randal Kleiser from a screenplay written by Douglas Day Stewart based on the 1908 novel of the same name by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The film stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. The music score was composed by Basil Poledouris, and the cinematography was by Néstor Almendros. The film tells the story of two young children marooned on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific. But without either the guidance or the restrictions of society, emotional and physical changes arise as they reach puberty, go skinny dipping in the ocean and fall in love. The Blue Lagoon was theatrically released on June 20, 1980, by Columbia Pictures. The film was panned by critics, who disparaged its screenplay, execution, and Shields' performance, but Almendros' cinematography received praise. In spite of the criticism, the film was a commercial success, grossing $58.8 million on a $4.5 million budget and becoming the nin... ()
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Available languages: German, English (Original), Spanish (European Spanish), French, Italian, Polish
Available subtitles: German, English, French, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Duration: 1h 45min
Genres: Dramen / Romantische Filme / Buchverfilmungen / Historienfilme
Keywords: Herzergreifend / Romantisch
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Available languages: German
Duration: 1h 40min
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Available languages: German
Duration: 1h 40min
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Duration: 1h 45min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for The Blue Lagoon

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress

About 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?

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Trailer for The Blue Lagoon + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Blue Lagoon (1980) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p](Trailer, 1:54)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Nanuya Levu
Plays in: Insular Oceania
Based on the work of: Henry De Vere Stacpoole ("The Blue Lagoon")
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Return to the Blue Lagoon" (movie, 1991), "Blue Lagoon: The Awakening" (movie, 2012)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 31 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/19/1980 (World premiere: 07/05/1980)
Director: Randal Kleiser
Producer: Randal Kleiser
Screenwriter: Douglas Day Stewart
Film Editor: Robert Gordon
Director of Photography: Néstor Almendros
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"El lago azul"
"블루 라군"
"블루 라군 1"
"푸른 산호초"
"푸른 산호초 1"
"Błękitna Laguna"
Budget: 4,500,000 USD
Revenue: 58,853,106 USD (= 1,308%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:3459, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/09/2024