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Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)

PG-13  |   |  Adventure, Drama, Romance  |  2 August 1991 (USA)
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In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.

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Sarah Hargrave
Courtney Barilla ...
Young Lilli (as Courtney Phillips)
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Young Richard (as Garette Patrick Ratliff)
Emma James ...
Jackson Barton ...
Nana Coburn ...
Sylvia Hilliard
Brian Blain ...
Capt. Jacob Hilliard
Peter Hehir ...
Quinlan
Alexander Petersons ...
Giddens
John Mann ...
First Captain
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Kearney
John Dicks ...
Penfield
Gus Mercurio ...
First Mate
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While the general theme of this film resembles "The Blue Lagoon" (the film for which this is a sequel), the basic plot is quite different. We open the film with a ship finding the craft with our original characters in it, Richard and Emmeline dead and Paddy alive. Established in the first film, the only word Paddy ever says is "Richard", so the crew assumes Richard is the infant's name. Taken in by Sarah, a widow with an infant baby girl Lilli, Richard (Paddy) is cared for in a return to civilization. Struck by cholera, the crew of the ship start to die and the captain sets Sarah, Richard, Lilli and a healthy crew member on a lifeboat in an attempt to preserve their lives. With water and food running short, the crew member escorting Sarah and the children becomes dangerous, so Sarah takes the only course of action she feels suitable to preserve the children: she strikes him and throws him overboard. Taking control of the small craft, she eventually guides them back to the island of ... Written by Bree Pearson

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On an uncharted island... they have uncovered the mysteries of life. Now he must rescue her from the one thing that can destroy their love... civilization. See more »


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2 August 1991 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

El regreso a la laguna azul  »

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$11,000,000 (estimated)

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$2,807,854 (USA)
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The name of the ship that visited the island was "TRADEWIND" whilst the name of the small sail boat was "LA VOLANTE". See more »

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Richard continually beats the shark swimming across the reef. A shark can swim from between 25-45mph whereas most Olympic swimmers can only swim about 5mph. He would stand no chance. See more »

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Capt. Jacob Hilliard: We appreciate your hospitality and hope you will offer us the opportunity to repay you.
Richard: You can. You can take us with you back to civilization...
Sylvia Hilliard: I should think it must be ever so boring here.
Richard: What is the meaning of boring.
Sylvia Hilliard: Well boring's when... you have nothing whatever to do. So you're bored, like you must be here.
Richard: [suggestively] No. We're never bored!
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A WORLD OF OUR OWN
Music by Barry Mann
Lyrics by Cynthia Weil
Produced by Dennis Lambert and Barry Mann
Performed by Surface featuring Bernard Jackson
Courtesy of Columbia Records
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A decent film in its own right

The Good: - Scenery - Soundtrack - Cinematography

The Bad: - Disregards the plot from The Blue Lagoon - Sexual "overtones" rather than "undertones" - More an attempt at capitalizing on the popularity of the original than an extension of the latter's story

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There aren't many situations that manage to capture the imagination as does watching two children blossom into young adults isolated from civilization on a dessert island. The Blue Lagoon's charm was the unadulterated depiction of the purity and innocence of mind that "civilized" society deprives us. It was the forgotten image of what children are all doomed to lose as they experience life based on societal dictates rather than the nature we are all born with.

Return to the Blue Lagoon re-examines these themes, if under the somewhat greater taint of society's teachings. In this way, the purity of the characters of Return is not as pure, the innocence not as innocent. Although the opening sequence makes quick work of any attachment to the original, Return was a decent film in its own right. Fans of the original will inevitably find it difficult to resist the sequel. The trick will be mentally disregarding it, should it prove more unsettling than fulfilling.


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