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The lush beauty and splendor of a South Pacific paradise is vividly captured in this version of Henry DeVere Stacpoole's 1903 novel. 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 (Brooke Shields) and Richard (Christopher Atkins) make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. They learn to cope with the bewildering variety of physical changes that come with adolescence. And as they begin to mature, their childhood affections lead to a sensitive and more profound love and the birth of a child. But will they ever see civilization again?

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.78 x 19.05 x 13.72 cm; 68.04 Grams
Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ Relay Time: 104 min
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen, Anamorphic, Subtitled
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 45 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ 5 October 1999
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, Georgian
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified, Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00000K3D1
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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See Brooke Sheilds and understand why she was so famous as such a young age.

Reviewed in Australia on 19 May 2021

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A nostalgic trip down memory lane. Hasn’t aged well but fun to watch regardless.

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Christine christensen

Beautiful scenery

Reviewed in Australia on 27 July 2021

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Bring back some memories

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L. D. Holden

Lovely story with now perfect sound and improved picture.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2017

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A simple story of a young boy and girl that end up being stranded on a island. They grow up and learn the about life. It's a wonderfully filmed story set in a beautiful location, and is still a wonderful coming of age movie. It the time of it's release the film critics did not like it. However its a nice simple story set in the past.

The sound on this new blu-ray is wonderful with surround used to great effect be it the sea crashing agenst rocks or the jungle inners of the island. For me the sound was such an improvement compared to the earlier DVD release it was worth the cost of buying the Blu-ray in itself. The sound is only DTS-HD master audio 5:1, however its mastered so well you will not miss Atmos channels.

The picture quality is a large step up from the earlier DVD release, however for me many of the daytime sky shots have a bit to much dancing film grain. However the colours and the sharpness of the rest of the film is excellent. The biggest improvements to the picture are in the underwater and night time shots.

The blu rays menu is very basic and slightly let's down a nearly perfect viewing experance.

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S P Mead

a love story on a deserted island

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 June 2018

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This is an enjoyable and entertaining film, based on the novel written by Henry De Vere Stacpoole (1908) (see The Blue Lagoon ). The story combines both romantic and survivalist elements, concerning two young children marooned on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific. Isolated, and without either adult guidance or the rules of civilisation, these two children grow into adulthood and fall in love. For the most part, the movie focuses on the idyllic aspects of life on the island - and, certainly, this is primarily a love story.

The developing relationship between the two children, portrayed for most of the film by Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields, is what drives the movie. Shields offers a standout performance - and, as there's sexual content, this was something of a risqué undertaking (as she was only 14 at the time of filming). The island setting is incredibly beautiful, aided by the fact that the movie was filmed on an actual Blue Lagoon in Malta.

The Blu-ray comes with a DVD. This is the full-screen version (there is a widescreen version available, but it's not included here). There's a number of bonus features, including a 'making of' featurette. The picture quality is not great, and I think that the original negative requires a good clean. Nonetheless, this is still a joy to watch - and I recommend it.

Carol Jane Gilbert

A great film on a quality dvd.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2022

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Blue lagoon is an old favourite of mine and I was so pleased I could purchase it in dvd format as I originally had it on vhs. The quality of picture and sound is fantastic on the dvd and I can watch this film over and over to my heart's content.

Scribe

A good movie, reasonable price, and lots of extras

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2010

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*MILD SPOILERS BELOW*

I was pleasantly surprised at this film, probably because of all the slating it has received from critics about poor storyline, trite dialogue and bad acting.

It's a beautiful, gorgeous romantic movie and I highly recommend it. Just don't expect action or suspense; this is a leisurely romance with emphasis on characterization and themes of growing up, isolation, friendship, love, parenthood, life and death.

There are lots of plot inconsistencies but no movie is completely flawless. Just ignore them and enjoy the story. The acting isn't perfect but better than I expected from both leads. Imagine my surprise when I realized Atkins was Golden-Globe nominated for his role. It must make up for his following career nadir :-)

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spiderman2009

The Blue lagoon review

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2014

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I liked this film and which was made in the 1980 is in my opinion still refreshing to see again, so I bought and added it to my collection. Very good story about two young children who are marooned on a south sea tropical island after the ship they were travelling on was wrecked. They story revolves around them discovering their surroundings and the skills they acquire in order to survive, eventually as teenagers they discover a natural love for each other. Excellent performance from Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins and has beautiful under water photography in some of the scenes which are handled delicately as children and later as adults the scenes contain nudity. Rates as a 15 film.

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Format	Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Dolby, Widescreen See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 45 minutes