The Blue Lagoon (1949)
- Directed by
- Frank Launder
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film, romance film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two children are shipwrecked on a remote tropical island. They grow up together, develop romantic feelings as they reach maturity, and navigate their new life in paradise.
idyllicslow-pacedromanticnostalgicinnocenttendertropicalcoming-of-age
What happens
The Blue Lagoon is a 1949 British coming-of-age romance and adventure film directed by Frank Launder, produced by Launder and Sidney Gilliat), and starring Jean Simmons and Donald Houston. The screenplay was adapted by John Baines, Michael Hogan, and Launder from the 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The original music score was composed by Clifton Parker. The cinematographer was Geoffrey Unsworth. The film tells the story of two young children shipwrecked on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific. Emotional feelings and physical changes arise as they grow to maturity and fall in love. The film has major thematic similarities to the Biblical account of Adam and Eve. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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