The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)

The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 romance/adventure film starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins, directed by Randal Kleiser. The screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart was based on the novel The Blue Lagoon by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The original music score was composed by Basil Poledouris.

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• Unlike her earlier Pretty Baby, this film featured no actual nude scenes for the young Shields, who was only 14 when the film was made. A body double was used for all of her nude scenes, however Shields was featured in many topless scenes. Atkins has a few nude scenes however (which makes sense, given they are on a tropical island). It also featured them in love scenes, something the earlier film had lacked. This led some to play on the film's title, inferring the "Blue" described the content, "blue" being a common euphemism for pornographic movies, although the scenes in question were tame, even by 1980 standards.
• Reportedly, appearing nude in this film inspired Atkins to be less worried about things like bathing suits, etc. in real life.
• In the DVD version of this film, it was stated that many of Shields' nude scenes were in fact done by older body doubles.