The Blue Lagoon (Special Edition) | 
| Director: Randal Kleiser
Actors: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo Mckern, William Daniels, Elva Josephson
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 5684
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: COLD01379D
ISBN: 0767827643
UPC: 043396013797
EAN: 9780767827645
ASIN: B00000K3D1
Theatrical Release Date: July 5, 1980
Release Date: October 5, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
BROOKE SHIELDS AND CHRISTOPHER ATKINS ARE SHIPWRECKED TEENAGERS LEARNING THE MYSTERIES OF LOVE. SPECIAL FEATURES: FULL SCREEN AND WIDESCREEN VERSIONS, SUBTITLES: ENGLISH, SPANHIS, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE, CHINESE, AND THAI, ORIGINAL FEATURETTE FEATURING BROOKE SHIELDS, TWO AUDO COMMENTARIES AND MUCH MORE.
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The cinematography by Nestor Almendros garnered him an Oscar nomination. Unfortunately, the performance by then child star Brooke Shields garnered her a nomination, too--for a Razzie Award. She won, he didn't. This 1980 remake of a much classier, 1949 British version features Shields and Christopher Atkins as children shipwrecked on a lush tropical island. They grow to maturity and fall in love, with the script paying special attention to their burgeoning sexuality. Should you desire more trite dialogue, there is an even less satisfying sequel, 1991's Return to the Blue Lagoon. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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 Great Movie! June 30, 2009
Dragon of the Night (Canada)
The story line for Blue Lagoon is great and this movie also makes the viewer feel like they are gone back in time. Brooke Shields does an outstanding performance and keeps the viewers attention throughout the entire movie. I recommend this movie to everyone to watch.
In this special edition DVD, it would have been great if there was recent interviews done with the actors about their roles they played in this movie; which is made almost 30 years ago.
I love this movie over and over again June 18, 2009
Reader of Meaningful books (Hamilton Ontario Canada)
This movie will take you away from your troubles and your own reality and bring you into another world of beauty, as the scenery is captivating and the story is incredible. If anyone has not seen this movie you are missing out on a great great movie.
The Blue Lagoon May 16, 2009
prissy (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It took me forever to find this movie. I was so happy that I found it and I love it. It is so clear and the sound comes out so clear on my surround sound. So I reccomend this to anyone else who would like to buy this film.
The Pathos.... May 7, 2009
Otto C. Steinmayer (Lundu, Sarawak, Malaysia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this film most poignant. These poor children are all alone. They have no tribe, no collected wisdom, no relatives to help them. Plus they have been cruelly misled in their childhood. The setting is paradisial but the film does not gloss over the bewilderment the two kids feel. They are so ignorant, more ignorant than any native could be, and yet also "pre-programmed" with plenty of lies about sexuality and life. They are "clueless," helpless and pitiably vulnerable, in short, so alone. Loneliness is not a normal human condition. The two kids don't know what is happening to their bodies or to their feelings and intellects and both Shields and Atkins skilfully represent in acting their characters' troubles. I think that people are wrong to censure Shields's acting. The two kids bicker, not knowing why, and then feel sad. I could not help comparing the scenes of conflict here to the fictionalized sexual scenes in Robin Baker's *Sperm Wars,* which are less notable for sexual stuff as for the pathos of how men and women get along, or don't. This film is "soft porn," true. I don't speak moralizingly---I enjoy decent porn---and as soft porn, this film is as soft as a kitten by 2009 standards, and all in good taste. Skinny-dipping. That's as innocent as apple pie. But the characters' bewilderment, and Fate, combine to bring the film to a tragic ending which affected me. All the more so I think this film to be a serious comment on the human condition that is not to be contemned.
FOND MEMORIES March 31, 2009
VLR
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like this movie and have never seen it from beginning to end. So a lot I didnt understand, now I did. And the price I bought it at, helped a lot with this purchase.
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