Return to the blue lagoon
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| German title | Return to the blue lagoon | ||
| Original title | Return to the Blue Lagoon | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1991 | ||
| length | 101 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | William A. Graham | ||
| script | Leslie Stevens | ||
| production | William A. Graham Peter Bogart Randal Kleiser |
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| music | Basil Poledouris | ||
| camera | Robert Steadman | ||
| cut | Ronald J. Fagan | ||
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Return to the Blue Lagoon (Original title: Return to the Blue Lagoon ) is an American drama from 1991 and the sequel to the film The Blue Lagoon . The director was William A. Graham , who also produced the film. The writer wrote Leslie Stevens based on the novel The Garden of God by Henry De Vere Stacpoole from the year 1923. The film stars Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause . The original music was written by Basil Poledouris .
action
The widow Sarah Hargrave and her daughter Lilli travel on a ship in the Victorian Age . A small boy (he is called Richard by the widow) is found with his dead parents on a rowing boat. Because cholera breaks out on the ship , the widow is abandoned with the two children and a sailor on a rowboat. After the sailor wants to kill the children and Sarah kills them in self-defense , they are stranded on an island. They discover Richard's parents' hut. There Sarah raises her daughter and Richard and teaches them based on the Bible .
Sarah gets sick and suspects that she will soon die. She instructs Lilli and Richard to dig a grave on a hill and build a cross, and explains how she will be buried. A little later she dies. The children get older and discover love. A ship is coming; the captain's daughter, Sylvia Hilliard, wants to win Richard over. She tries to prepare Lilli and Richard for civilization. While Richard and Sylvia are fishing, Lilli is harassed by one of the sailors, who is after their white pearl that Richard once gave her for Easter . Richard rushes to her aid after an argument with Sylvia, and the sailor is killed by a shark while chasing Richard . Lilli reveals to Richard that she is pregnant, and the two decide to stay on the island. In the credits you see her playing with her daughter on the beach.
Awards
Milla Jovovich was nominated in 1992 for the Young Artist Award in the category Best Actress in a Feature Film. The film was nominated five times for the Golden Raspberry in 1992 , including for the direction, for the screenplay and for the portrayals of Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause.
Reviews
"Just as listless as it is boringly staged, the film primarily relies on postcard stimuli and criminally neglects the management of the plot and the actors. A dramaturgical concept can hardly be recognized in this simple-minded copy of a successful film. "
background
The film was shot in Fiji . It grossed approximately $ 2.8 million in US cinemas .
Web links
- Return to the Blue Lagoon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Return to the Blue Lagoon at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Return to the blue lagoon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Filming locations for Return to the Blue Lagoon
- ↑ Business Data for Return to the Blue Lagoon