The movie remains one of the most controversial releases of the Twentieth Century.
Brooke Shields was only 14-years-old when she starred in the most famous adaptation of Henry de Vere Stacpoole’s 1908 novel.
The Victorian story of two shipwrecked childern who grow up alone on a tropical island became overshadowed on the big screen by the scenes of the nearly naked characters falling in love.
The notorious sex scene has dominated headlines and scandalised viewers ever since. Watch our two exclusive scenes and then listen to Shields’ own words about the film.
The new release is the first time the movie has been available on Blu-ray in the UK. It also includes commentaries by Shields, Atkins and the director Randall Kleiser.
Despite the restrictive R-Rating it was awarded, the movie was, unsurprisingly, a huge box office success, grossing more than twelve times its modest $ 4.5million budget.
The movie not only hit headlines when it was released, it led to a government enquiry and Shields was called to testify before the US Congress.
BLUE LAGOON EXCLUSIVE CLIPS:
The young actress confirmed that body doubles had been used for any naked scenes and her breasts were always covered by her hair or clothing.
During a television interview she said: “The nude scenes weren’t hard because I didn’t do them. As far as the love scene go, it was just like another job.
“I wasn’t at all uncomfortable because once they said ‘cut’ I would go back to (being) me again. You just have to approach it as another job.”
A sequel in 1991, Return To The Blue Lagoon, starred Milla Jovovich and attempted to replicate the original’s notoriety and box office success.
Instead it was met with riduicule by critics and bombed with the public, taking only $ 3million at the US box office. It is also one of the few films to hold an absolute 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes while the 1980 movie scraped 11%.
THE BLUE LAGOON Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition is out in the Uk on April 10.
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