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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Emmeline and Richard have finally been found by a boat after years of living on an island away from society. But because they were stranded there at a young age, they have also lost the place they grew up in, just as they had finally decided to reject society and raise their young sun in their idyllic home.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Emmeline and Richard have finally been found by a boat after years of living on an island away from society. But because they were stranded there at a young age, they have also lost the place they grew up in, just as they had finally decided to reject society and raise their young sun son in their idyllic home.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Emmeline and Richard have finally been found by a boat after years of living on an island away from society. But because they were stranded there at a young age, they have also lost the place they grew up in, just as they had finally decided to reject society and raise their young sun in their idyllic home.]]
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Done in a somewhat comic scene in which the two kids go running naked ahead of Paddy, who's yelling at them to get their clothes back on.
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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: In the film, Richard masturbates to vent his sexual frustration for Emmeline. Emmeline [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown catches him in the act]] and later mocks him for it.
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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: In the film, Richard masturbates to vent his sexual frustration for Emmeline. Emmeline [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown catches him in the act]] and later mocks him for it.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: As they become teenagers, Richard and Emmeline find themselves fighting a lot even though it's playful.
-->'''Richard:''' Why are we always fighting so much? That should be our New Year's revolution. Stop fighting so much.
-->'''Richard:''' Why are we always fighting so much? That should be our New Year's revolution. Stop fighting so much.
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* DesertedIsland: The island on which Richard and Emmeline are stranded on is mostly deserted, except for some HollywoodNatives who pose a vague threat to the castaways.
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* DesertedIsland: The island on which Richard and Emmeline are stranded on is mostly deserted, except for some HollywoodNatives who pose a vague threat to the castaways.
* DullSurprise:
** The acting of the leads in these films was somewhat wooden. Brooke Shields was the first actress to win a Razzie and Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause were both nominated for Worst New Star.
** Shields' acting was faithful to the book, though -- Em's dreamy, almost mystic abstraction is one of her primary characteristics.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Emmeline ogles the shirtless Richard while he's fixing a boat.
-->'''Richard:''' What are you looking at?\\
'''Emmeline:''' Your muscles.\\
'''Richard:''' What about them? You're really acting silly lately, Em. Always saying dumb things like that. Always looking at me funny! You're not coming down with something, are you? Don't give it to me.
* EightiesHair: Despite being stranded on an island since childhood, Richard somehow manages to have a consistent perm. (Ironically, this was deliberate: the film crew actually thought a perm made him look more "savage" for some reason.)
** The acting of the leads in these films was somewhat wooden. Brooke Shields was the first actress to win a Razzie and Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause were both nominated for Worst New Star.
** Shields' acting was faithful to the book, though -- Em's dreamy, almost mystic abstraction is one of her primary characteristics.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Emmeline ogles the shirtless Richard while he's fixing a boat.
-->'''Richard:''' What are you looking at?\\
'''Emmeline:''' Your muscles.\\
'''Richard:''' What about them? You're really acting silly lately, Em. Always saying dumb things like that. Always looking at me funny! You're not coming down with something, are you? Don't give it to me.
* EightiesHair: Despite being stranded on an island since childhood, Richard somehow manages to have a consistent perm. (Ironically, this was deliberate: the film crew actually thought a perm made him look more "savage" for some reason.)
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** This was Stacpoole's doing. At the end of the first book, the words are "No, sir, they are asleep," just like in the film. We are meant to take words for granted. The ImmediateSequel (''The Garden of God'') has Arthur saying "No, they are dead" in the ''very first line'', and we are told they have just stopped breathing at that moment. Seems Stacpoole didn't want to write ''any'' sequels; he ended up writing two. First, he killed off Richard and Em; book two ends up taking their son off the island as a boatful of New Hebridean slaves revolt from their white masters, kill them and take over the island; in book three, ''The Gates of Morning'', Stacpoole went into full RocksFallEveryoneDies mode. He killed off ''the island itself'' by having it completely swallowed up in a huge typhoon. He followed that up with an EverybodysDeadDave by visiting almost the entire population of Kanaka people on Karolin (and Dick, but not Katafa) with a measles epidemic. In the last chapter, Katafa's niece Le Moan offers her life to the gods to spare Dick's life and he begins to recover. Sheesh!
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** This was Stacpoole's doing. At the end of the first book, the words are "No, sir, they are asleep," just like in the film. We are meant to take words for granted. The ImmediateSequel (''The Garden of God'') has Arthur saying "No, they are dead" in the ''very first line'', and we are told they have just stopped breathing at that moment. Seems Stacpoole didn't want to write ''any'' sequels; he ended up writing two. First, he killed off Richard and Em; book two ends up taking their son off the island as a boatful of New Hebridean slaves revolt from against their white masters, kill them and take over the island; in book three, ''The Gates of Morning'', Stacpoole went into full RocksFallEveryoneDies mode. He killed off ''the island itself'' by having it completely swallowed up in a huge typhoon. He followed that up with an EverybodysDeadDave by visiting almost the entire population of Kanaka people on Karolin (and Dick, but not Katafa) with a measles epidemic. In the last chapter, Katafa's niece Le Moan offers her life to the gods to spare Dick's life and he begins to recover. Sheesh!
* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: In the film, Richard masturbates to vent his sexual frustration for Emmeline. Emmeline [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown catches him in the act]] and later mocks him for it.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Done in a somewhat comic scene in the '80 film in which the two kids go running naked ahead of Paddy, who's yelling at them to get their clothes back on.
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* ScreamingBirth: Emmeline doesn't even ''know'' she's giving birth, only that she feels sick and is in pain and her body's pushing against ''something''. She instinctively takes a hands-and-knees posture. The only acknowledgment of it being a birth is Richard asking why she had a baby. (She'd left while he was distracted fishing, then he frantically looks for her -- in the book, he never finds her and she just comes back with the child. In the film, he does and is with her during the delivery).
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* ScreamingBirth: Emmeline doesn't even ''know'' she's giving birth, only that she feels sick and is in pain and her body's pushing against ''something''. She instinctively takes a hands-and-knees hands-and-knee posture. The only acknowledgment of it being a birth is Richard asking why she had a baby. (She'd left while he was distracted fishing, then he frantically looks for her -- in the book, he never finds her and she just comes back with the child. In the film, he does and is with her during the delivery).
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* CleanPrettyChildbirth: Emmeline's quick childbirth scene.
* DesertedIsland: The island on which Richard and Emmeline are stranded on is mostly deserted, except for some HollywoodNatives who pose a vague threat to the castaways.
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* {{Robinsonade}}: The plot of the film.
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* MaleFrontalNudity: While a body double was used for Brooke Shields’ nude scenes as she was only 14 at the time of filming, a double was not used for Atkins.
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* RagingStiffie: There are many shots of Christopher Atkins swimming naked underwater with an erect penis. How the filmmakers got away with an R rating for that is quite a mystery.
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* RagingStiffie: There are many shots of Christopher Atkins swimming naked underwater with an [[MaleFrontalNudity erect penis.penis]]. How the filmmakers got away with an R rating for that is quite a mystery.
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'''''The Blue Lagoon''''' is a 1980 American romantic and coming-of-age survival drama film directed by Creator/RandalKleiser from a screenplay written by Douglas Day Stewart based on the 1908 [[Literature/TheBlueLagoon novel of the same name]] by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The film stars Creator/BrookeShields and Creator/ChristopherAtkins. The music score was composed by Music/BasilPoledouris and the cinematography was by Néstor Almendros.
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''The Blue
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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Emmeline catches Richard [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself manually]]. She asks what he's doing, and he guiltily says "Nothing!" In another scene when they're arguing, she taunts him extensively about this.
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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Emmeline catches Richard [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself manually]].manually. She asks what he's doing, and he guiltily says "Nothing!" In another scene when they're arguing, she taunts him extensively about this.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}:
** The version aired on TBS cuts out the shot of Paddy's nude photographs, the blood spurting onto the native after the execution, as well as all nude scenes.
** The TNT version also cuts out the words "Sweet Jesus!"
** NBC edited 9 minutes from this film for its 1982 broadcast television premiere due to nudity and sexual content.
** The version aired on TBS cuts out the shot of Paddy's nude photographs, the blood spurting onto the native after the execution, as well as all nude scenes.
** The TNT version also cuts out the words "Sweet Jesus!"
** NBC edited 9 minutes from this film for its 1982 broadcast television premiere due to nudity and sexual content.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: Emmeline is terrified when she gets her first period, and not knowing what to do about it, refuses to talk to Richard about it.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Emmeline is terrified when she gets her first period, and not knowing what to do about it, refuses to talk to Richard about it.
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* GodivaHair: Emmeline. To the point (as pointed out by Creator/RogerEbert) of {{Narm}}. The makeup artists had to glue Shields' hair to her chest to prevent any inadvertent nip slips.
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* GodivaHair: Emmeline. To the point (as pointed out by Creator/RogerEbert) of {{Narm}}. The makeup artists had to glue Shields' hair to her chest to prevent any inadvertent nip slips.
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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: In the 1980 film, Emmeline catches Richard [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself manually]]. She asks what he's doing, and he guiltily says "Nothing!" In another scene when they're arguing, she taunts him extensively about this.
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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: In the 1980 film, Emmeline catches Richard [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself manually]]. She asks what he's doing, and he guiltily says "Nothing!" In another scene when they're arguing, she taunts him extensively about this.
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** This was Stacpoole's doing. At the end of the first book, the words are "No, sir, they are asleep," just like in the film. We are meant to take the words for granted. The ImmediateSequel (''The Garden of God'') has Arthur saying "No, they are dead" in the ''very first line'', and we are told they have just stopped breathing at that moment. Seems Stacpoole didn't want to write ''any'' sequels; he ended up writing two. First, he killed off Richard and Em; book two ends up taking their son off the island as a boatful of New Hebridean slaves revolt from their white masters, kill them and take over the island; in book three, ''The Gates of Morning'', Stacpoole went into full RocksFallEveryoneDies mode. He killed off ''the island itself'' by having it completely swallowed up in a huge typhoon. He followed that up with an EverybodysDeadDave by visiting almost the entire population of Kanaka people on Karolin (and Dick, but not Katafa) with a measles epidemic. In the last chapter, Katafa's niece Le Moan offers her life to the gods to spare Dick's life and he begins to recover. Sheesh!
* {{Irony}}: In the 1980 film, after awakening from a nightmare, Emmeline is comforted by Richard and makes him promise to never leave her and always be with her. After which she kisses him but as the kiss intensifies, Emmeline pushes him away telling him not to.
* {{Irony}}: In the 1980 film, after awakening from a nightmare, Emmeline is comforted by Richard and makes him promise to never leave her and always be with her. After which she kisses him but as the kiss intensifies, Emmeline pushes him away telling him not to.
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** This was Stacpoole's doing. At the end of the first book, the words are "No, sir, they are asleep," just like in the film. We are meant to take the words for granted. The ImmediateSequel (''The Garden of God'') has Arthur saying "No, they are dead" in the ''very first line'', and we are told they have just stopped breathing at that moment. Seems Stacpoole didn't want to write ''any'' sequels; he ended up writing two. First, he killed off Richard and Em; book two ends up taking their son off the island as a boatful of New Hebridean slaves revolt from their white masters, kill them and take over the island; in book three, ''The Gates of Morning'', Stacpoole went into full RocksFallEveryoneDies mode. He killed off ''the island itself'' by having it completely swallowed up in a huge typhoon. He followed that up with an EverybodysDeadDave by visiting almost the entire population of Kanaka people on Karolin (and Dick, but not Katafa) with a measles epidemic. In the last chapter, Katafa's niece Le Moan offers her life to the gods to spare Dick's life and he begins to recover. Sheesh!
* HotterAndSexier: The 1949 film couldn't feature sex scenes; this one could and did.
* {{Irony}}:In the 1980 film, after After awakening from a nightmare, Emmeline is comforted by Richard and makes him promise to never leave her and always be with her. After which she kisses him but as the kiss intensifies, Emmeline pushes him away telling him not to.
* HotterAndSexier: The 1949 film couldn't feature sex scenes; this one could and did.
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* MorningSickness: In the '80 film, Richard awakens one morning to discover Emmeline vomiting by the sea due to her pregnancy.
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* MorningSickness: In the '80 film, Richard awakens one morning to discover Emmeline vomiting by the sea due to her pregnancy.
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It was released on June 20, 1980, by Creator/ColumbiaPictures. The film was panned by the critics, who disparaged its screenplay, execution, and Shields' performance; however, Almendros' cinematography received praise. Despite the criticism, the film was a commercial success around the world. The film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, Almendros received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and Atkins was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Shields won the inaugural Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her work in the film.
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It was released on June 20, 1980, by Creator/ColumbiaPictures. The film was panned by the critics, who disparaged its screenplay, execution, and Shields' performance; however, Almendros' cinematography received praise. Despite the criticism, the film was a commercial success around the world. The film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, Almendros received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and Atkins was nominated for the Golden Globe Award UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward for New Star of the Year – Actor. Shields won the inaugural Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her work in the film.
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Compare [[Film/TheBlueLagoon1949 the 1949 version]] with Creator/JeanSimmons and Creator/DonaldHouston.
Compare [[Film/TheBlueLagoon1949 the 1949 version]] with Creator/JeanSimmons and Creator/DonaldHouston.
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It was released on June 20, 1980, by Creator/ColumbiaPictures. The film was panned by the critics, who disparaged its screenplay, execution, and Shields' performance; however, Almendros' cinematography received praise. Despite the criticism, the film was a commercial success around the world. The film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, Almendros received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and Atkins was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Shields won the inaugural Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her work in the film.
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It was released on June 20, 1980, by Creator/ColumbiaPictures. The film was panned by the critics, who disparaged its screenplay, execution, and Shields' performance; however, Almendros' cinematography received praise. Despite the criticism, the film was a commercial success around the world. The film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, Almendros received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and Atkins was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Shields won the inaugural Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her work in the film.film.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In the film, when Emmeline walks in the water she accidentally steps on a fish and gets sick. The fish that the movie shows is called Stone Fish and in fact, if you step on one the venom will cause excruciating pain, shock, paralysis, tissue death, and if not treated within a few hours, death. Emmeline doesn't seem to suffer from any of these symptoms outside of extreme pain and fever, and it seems it takes some time until Richard finds her.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The commentary track on the DVD mentions that Randal Kleiser and his crew never could get a straight answer out of the native islanders they had doing the HumanSacrifice scene as to whether the ceremony they put on in that scene was based on any actual historical religious rituals of theirs. He and his fellow commentators on the track also admit they have no idea what the natives were chanting at that ritual; it could be an actual religious ritual chant, they could be [[StealthInsult making fun of the cast and crew]], or they could just be reciting total gibberish. The commentators go on to invite anyone who happens to know those islanders' language to get in touch with the studio.
* BabiesEverAfter: Richard and Emmeline have a son whom they name Paddy (Hannah in the book -- it's the only baby name they know. The sailors later call him Dick M.).
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Even though they're stuck on a deserted island for years, the leads never really look like they're any worse for wear, besides a couple of tears in their clothes and deep tans.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: In the 1980 film, Emmeline catches Richard [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself manually]]. She asks what he's doing, and he guiltily says "Nothing!" In another scene when they're arguing, she taunts him extensively about this.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Exaggerated, since from early childhood they are literally the only partners of the opposite sex for each other.
* DiabolusExMachina: In a movie based primarily around emotional and physical self-discovery, Diabolus is personified in the form of a three-year-old boy throwing oars from boats.
* GladToBeAliveSex: They have this as Em is recovering from stonefish poisoning that almost killed her. In the book, what they experience is closer to SlapSlapKiss.
* GodivaHair: Emmeline. To the point (as pointed out by Creator/RogerEbert) of {{Narm}}. The makeup artists had to glue Shields' hair to her chest to prevent any inadvertent nip slips.
* GRatedSex: It essentially shows Emmeline and Richard gently making out; they never make any motions that indicate they've figured out that Tab A goes into Slot B. This was one of the things critic Pauline Kael hooted at, specifically when Richard later says "Why'd you have a baby?" and Em says "I don't know": "The way they rub limbs, all they'll produce is friction."
* HappyEndingOverride:
** Both the sequel film and book have it so that the otherwise-happy ending of the original work (Richard, Emmeline, and Hannah (Dick M) are found sleeping in the boat) is overridden by the reveal that the berries really were poisonous and the adults died. This is especially egregious in ''Return to the Blue Lagoon'', in which the characters' positions on the boat have changed (they're now lying face-down instead of huddled together) and the scene is reshot to have different dialogue.
** This was Stacpoole's doing. At the end of the first book, the words are "No, sir, they are asleep," just like in the film. We are meant to take the words for granted. The ImmediateSequel (''The Garden of God'') has Arthur saying "No, they are dead" in the ''very first line'', and we are told they have just stopped breathing at that moment. Seems Stacpoole didn't want to write ''any'' sequels; he ended up writing two. First, he killed off Richard and Em; book two ends up taking their son off the island as a boatful of New Hebridean slaves revolt from their white masters, kill them and take over the island; in book three, ''The Gates of Morning'', Stacpoole went into full RocksFallEveryoneDies mode. He killed off ''the island itself'' by having it completely swallowed up in a huge typhoon. He followed that up with an EverybodysDeadDave by visiting almost the entire population of Kanaka people on Karolin (and Dick, but not Katafa) with a measles epidemic. In the last chapter, Katafa's niece Le Moan offers her life to the gods to spare Dick's life and he begins to recover. Sheesh!
* {{Irony}}: In the 1980 film, after awakening from a nightmare, Emmeline is comforted by Richard and makes him promise to never leave her and always be with her. After which she kisses him but as the kiss intensifies, Emmeline pushes him away telling him not to.
* KissingCousins: Richard and Emmeline are cousins. They are also the only available mates for each other.
* LastKiss: Richard and Emmeline tearfully share one, in the end, thinking they're not gonna live.
* {{Loincloth}}: Richard and Emmeline wear them for clothing on the island.
* MorningSickness: In the '80 film, Richard awakens one morning to discover Emmeline vomiting by the sea due to her pregnancy.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Done in a somewhat comic scene in which the two kids go running naked ahead of Paddy, who's yelling at them to get their clothes back on.
* NationalGeographicNudity: The film can be said to have this, even with Brooke's hair glued down over her top, but the books have it explicitly, especially in ''The Garden of God''. Jim Kearney, the sailor who stayed to help care for Richard and Em's son Dick with his grandfather Arthur, notes that the child doesn't need any clothes, he's sun-browned and "doesn't look naked". Goes without saying that the Kanaka aren't wearing much either.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Emmeline is terrified when she gets her first period, and not knowing what to do about it, refuses to talk to Richard about it.
* NostalgicMusicbox: Among the artifacts taken to the island is a music box that plays Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, #2 in E flat major. Emmeline says "That's Chopin! I can play it on the piano." It's used by the kids growing up as a connection with/nostalgic reminder of their life before the island. Sometimes they dance to it. None of this is in the book.
* OhCrap: Richard and Emmeline fear for Paddy when he swallows some of the poisonous "never-wake-up" berries. Worst when they both realize that there's no way they could induce vomiting and realize their son's going to die. In the book, all we know is that Em has a branch of the plant, called ''arita'', in her hand; it's only implied that she and Richard ingest any, and the sailors believe their child got some through Em's milk but it's clear he wasn't seriously harmed.
* PervertedSniffing: Richard sniffs some of Emmeline's hair while she's sleeping.
* PlotHole: Being stranded on an island for years, neither Richard nor Emmeline show any signs of sunburning although they do have some pretty deep tans.
* RagingStiffie: There are many shots of Christopher Atkins swimming naked underwater with an erect penis. How the filmmakers got away with an R rating for that is quite a mystery.
* ScreamingBirth: Emmeline doesn't even ''know'' she's giving birth, only that she feels sick and is in pain and her body's pushing against ''something''. She instinctively takes a hands-and-knees posture. The only acknowledgment of it being a birth is Richard asking why she had a baby. (She'd left while he was distracted fishing, then he frantically looks for her -- in the book, he never finds her and she just comes back with the child. In the film, he does and is with her during the delivery).
* ScreamDiscretionShot: As Emmeline lets out a loud scream giving birth, it cuts away briefly to the animals reacting to the noise and several birds flying out of the trees.
* SurprisePregnancy: Justified, in that neither Richard nor Emmeline have had enough sex education to recognize the signs of pregnancy. They also don't even know what ''sex'' is, or that it causes this.
* TwoPersonPoolParty: Richard and Emmeline in a few scenes during their love montage.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Due to their lack of knowledge of human sexuality and intimacy, the romantic and sexual tension between Richard and Emmeline goes unresolved until the middle of the film when Emmeline falls ill and Richard nurses her back to health.
* WackyCravings: In the film, Emmeline indulges in coconut to satisfy her pregnancy cravings. [[note]]Not inappropriate by a long shot: coconut is rich in nutritional value including fiber, vitamins, minerals, and fats. Em may have also found that she has less morning sickness if she eats some every day. Pregnant women today are counseled to eat it for their own health and the child's. [[/note]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Richard spends most of his time shirtless.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In the film, when Emmeline walks in the water she accidentally steps on a fish and gets sick. The fish that the movie shows is called Stone Fish and in fact, if you step on one the venom will cause excruciating pain, shock, paralysis, tissue death, and if not treated within a few hours, death. Emmeline doesn't seem to suffer from any of these symptoms outside of extreme pain and fever, and it seems it takes some time until Richard finds her.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The commentary track on the DVD mentions that Randal Kleiser and his crew never could get a straight answer out of the native islanders they had doing the HumanSacrifice scene as to whether the ceremony they put on in that scene was based on any actual historical religious rituals of theirs. He and his fellow commentators on the track also admit they have no idea what the natives were chanting at that ritual; it could be an actual religious ritual chant, they could be [[StealthInsult making fun of the cast and crew]], or they could just be reciting total gibberish. The commentators go on to invite anyone who happens to know those islanders' language to get in touch with the studio.
* BabiesEverAfter: Richard and Emmeline have a son whom they name Paddy (Hannah in the book -- it's the only baby name they know. The sailors later call him Dick M.).
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Even though they're stuck on a deserted island for years, the leads never really look like they're any worse for wear, besides a couple of tears in their clothes and deep tans.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: In the 1980 film, Emmeline catches Richard [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself manually]]. She asks what he's doing, and he guiltily says "Nothing!" In another scene when they're arguing, she taunts him extensively about this.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Exaggerated, since from early childhood they are literally the only partners of the opposite sex for each other.
* DiabolusExMachina: In a movie based primarily around emotional and physical self-discovery, Diabolus is personified in the form of a three-year-old boy throwing oars from boats.
* GladToBeAliveSex: They have this as Em is recovering from stonefish poisoning that almost killed her. In the book, what they experience is closer to SlapSlapKiss.
* GodivaHair: Emmeline. To the point (as pointed out by Creator/RogerEbert) of {{Narm}}. The makeup artists had to glue Shields' hair to her chest to prevent any inadvertent nip slips.
* GRatedSex: It essentially shows Emmeline and Richard gently making out; they never make any motions that indicate they've figured out that Tab A goes into Slot B. This was one of the things critic Pauline Kael hooted at, specifically when Richard later says "Why'd you have a baby?" and Em says "I don't know": "The way they rub limbs, all they'll produce is friction."
* HappyEndingOverride:
** Both the sequel film and book have it so that the otherwise-happy ending of the original work (Richard, Emmeline, and Hannah (Dick M) are found sleeping in the boat) is overridden by the reveal that the berries really were poisonous and the adults died. This is especially egregious in ''Return to the Blue Lagoon'', in which the characters' positions on the boat have changed (they're now lying face-down instead of huddled together) and the scene is reshot to have different dialogue.
** This was Stacpoole's doing. At the end of the first book, the words are "No, sir, they are asleep," just like in the film. We are meant to take the words for granted. The ImmediateSequel (''The Garden of God'') has Arthur saying "No, they are dead" in the ''very first line'', and we are told they have just stopped breathing at that moment. Seems Stacpoole didn't want to write ''any'' sequels; he ended up writing two. First, he killed off Richard and Em; book two ends up taking their son off the island as a boatful of New Hebridean slaves revolt from their white masters, kill them and take over the island; in book three, ''The Gates of Morning'', Stacpoole went into full RocksFallEveryoneDies mode. He killed off ''the island itself'' by having it completely swallowed up in a huge typhoon. He followed that up with an EverybodysDeadDave by visiting almost the entire population of Kanaka people on Karolin (and Dick, but not Katafa) with a measles epidemic. In the last chapter, Katafa's niece Le Moan offers her life to the gods to spare Dick's life and he begins to recover. Sheesh!
* {{Irony}}: In the 1980 film, after awakening from a nightmare, Emmeline is comforted by Richard and makes him promise to never leave her and always be with her. After which she kisses him but as the kiss intensifies, Emmeline pushes him away telling him not to.
* KissingCousins: Richard and Emmeline are cousins. They are also the only available mates for each other.
* LastKiss: Richard and Emmeline tearfully share one, in the end, thinking they're not gonna live.
* {{Loincloth}}: Richard and Emmeline wear them for clothing on the island.
* MorningSickness: In the '80 film, Richard awakens one morning to discover Emmeline vomiting by the sea due to her pregnancy.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Done in a somewhat comic scene in which the two kids go running naked ahead of Paddy, who's yelling at them to get their clothes back on.
* NationalGeographicNudity: The film can be said to have this, even with Brooke's hair glued down over her top, but the books have it explicitly, especially in ''The Garden of God''. Jim Kearney, the sailor who stayed to help care for Richard and Em's son Dick with his grandfather Arthur, notes that the child doesn't need any clothes, he's sun-browned and "doesn't look naked". Goes without saying that the Kanaka aren't wearing much either.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Emmeline is terrified when she gets her first period, and not knowing what to do about it, refuses to talk to Richard about it.
* NostalgicMusicbox: Among the artifacts taken to the island is a music box that plays Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, #2 in E flat major. Emmeline says "That's Chopin! I can play it on the piano." It's used by the kids growing up as a connection with/nostalgic reminder of their life before the island. Sometimes they dance to it. None of this is in the book.
* OhCrap: Richard and Emmeline fear for Paddy when he swallows some of the poisonous "never-wake-up" berries. Worst when they both realize that there's no way they could induce vomiting and realize their son's going to die. In the book, all we know is that Em has a branch of the plant, called ''arita'', in her hand; it's only implied that she and Richard ingest any, and the sailors believe their child got some through Em's milk but it's clear he wasn't seriously harmed.
* PervertedSniffing: Richard sniffs some of Emmeline's hair while she's sleeping.
* PlotHole: Being stranded on an island for years, neither Richard nor Emmeline show any signs of sunburning although they do have some pretty deep tans.
* RagingStiffie: There are many shots of Christopher Atkins swimming naked underwater with an erect penis. How the filmmakers got away with an R rating for that is quite a mystery.
* ScreamingBirth: Emmeline doesn't even ''know'' she's giving birth, only that she feels sick and is in pain and her body's pushing against ''something''. She instinctively takes a hands-and-knees posture. The only acknowledgment of it being a birth is Richard asking why she had a baby. (She'd left while he was distracted fishing, then he frantically looks for her -- in the book, he never finds her and she just comes back with the child. In the film, he does and is with her during the delivery).
* ScreamDiscretionShot: As Emmeline lets out a loud scream giving birth, it cuts away briefly to the animals reacting to the noise and several birds flying out of the trees.
* SurprisePregnancy: Justified, in that neither Richard nor Emmeline have had enough sex education to recognize the signs of pregnancy. They also don't even know what ''sex'' is, or that it causes this.
* TwoPersonPoolParty: Richard and Emmeline in a few scenes during their love montage.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Due to their lack of knowledge of human sexuality and intimacy, the romantic and sexual tension between Richard and Emmeline goes unresolved until the middle of the film when Emmeline falls ill and Richard nurses her back to health.
* WackyCravings: In the film, Emmeline indulges in coconut to satisfy her pregnancy cravings. [[note]]Not inappropriate by a long shot: coconut is rich in nutritional value including fiber, vitamins, minerals, and fats. Em may have also found that she has less morning sickness if she eats some every day. Pregnant women today are counseled to eat it for their own health and the child's. [[/note]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Richard spends most of his time shirtless.
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'''''The Blue Lagoon''''' is a 1980 American romantic and coming-of-age survival drama film directed by Creator/RandalKleiser from a screenplay written by Douglas Day Stewart based on the 1908 [[Literature/TheBlueLagoon novel of the same name]] by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The film stars Creator/BrookeShields and Creator/ChristopherAtkins. The music score was composed by Music/BasilPoledouris 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 and fall in love.
It was released on June 20, 1980, by Creator/ColumbiaPictures. The film was panned by the critics, who disparaged its screenplay, execution, and Shields' performance; however, Almendros' cinematography received praise. Despite the criticism, the film was a commercial success around the world. The film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, Almendros received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and Atkins was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Shields won the inaugural Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her work in the film.
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 and fall in love.
It was released on June 20, 1980, by Creator/ColumbiaPictures. The film was panned by the critics, who disparaged its screenplay, execution, and Shields' performance; however, Almendros' cinematography received praise. Despite the criticism, the film was a commercial success around the world. The film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, Almendros received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and Atkins was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Shields won the inaugural Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her work in the film.
