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40-516: Granberry and Vescelius (2004) suggest a Macoris etymology for the name Saona , comparing it with sa-ona 'full of bats' in the purportedly related Warao language of the Orinoco Delta .; However, it is widely accepted that Christopher Columbus named it after the Italian city of Savona . Saona has pre-Columbian pictographs and petroglyphs found at Cueva de Cotubanamá. The island

80-481: A species of iguana then unknown to Nanuya Levu. Herpetologist John Gibbons had just discovered said iguana on nearby Yadua Tabu , but word from an associate who had watched the film and spotted a strange lizard confirmed the existence of a second population. With credit to The Blue Lagoon , Gibbons described the Fiji crested iguana ( Brachylophus vitiensis ) in 1981. Shields was 14 years of age when she appeared in

120-467: A lush tropical island in the South Pacific. Paddy cares for the children and forbids them "by law" from going to the other side of the island, where he finds an altar with bloody remains from human sacrifices. He also warns them against eating any deadly scarlet berries. He dies after a drunken binge , and the children rebuild their home on a different part of the island. Having reached puberty ,

160-401: A realistic movie. It's a wildly idealized romance, in which the kids live in a hut that looks like a Club Med honeymoon cottage, while restless natives commit human sacrifice on the other side of the island". He also deemed the ending a blatant cop-out. He and Gene Siskel selected the film as one of their "dogs of the year" in a 1980 episode of Sneak Previews . Time Out commented that

200-459: A relentlessly filthy chuckle to accompany the children's discovery of each other." Gary Arnold, also of The Washington Post , similarly called the film "a picturesque rhapsody to Learning Skills, Playing House, Going Swimming, Enjoying the Scenery and Starting to Feel Sexy in tropical seclusion". He particularly ridiculed the lead characters' persistent inability to make obvious inferences. One of

240-466: A shark. Emmeline throws the other oar at the shark, striking it and giving Richard time to get into the boat. The boat drifts oarless out to sea. After drifting for days, Richard and Emmeline wake up to find Paddy eating the scarlet berries. Hopeless, Richard and Emmeline eat the berries as well, and lie down to await death. Some hours later, Arthur's ship finds them. Arthur asks, "Are they dead?" The officer assures him, "No, sir. They're asleep." The film

280-401: A venomous stonefish . Weak from the poison, she pleads with Richard to "take [her] to God". Richard carries her across the island and places her on the altar. Emmeline recovers and they swim naked in the lagoon. Noticing their bodies' reactions, they discover sexual intercourse and become lovers. Neither recognizes what is happening when Emmeline becomes pregnant , and they are stunned to feel

320-739: Is based around film production. Films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and The Blue Lagoon have been filmed in part on Saona Island. Macorix language Macorix (also spelled Maçorís or Mazorij ) was the language of the northern coast of what is today the Dominican Republic. Spanish accounts only refer to three languages on the island: Taíno, Macorix, and neighboring Ciguayo . The Macorix people appear to have been semi-sedentary and their presence seems to have predated

360-443: Is here the natural outcome of the storybook situation. So yes, the soft-focus montages of teen flesh are gratuitous but the film presents it all as innocent—these kids don't even know what sex is! They don't even know how a baby is made! They learn it the hard way, obviously. By couching sexuality in primitive purity, ' The Blue Lagoon ' gets away with perversion that would likely be even more controversial today". The film

400-532: Is inspired by The Blue Lagoon and The Emerald Forest (1985). The story is set in the Indian state of Kerala and explores teen lust, child marriage and the consequences. The Indian film Teri Baahon Mein (1984) and the Hindi film Jaan Ki Kasam (1991) are also inspired by it. The Special Edition DVD, with both widescreen and fullscreen versions, was released on October 5, 1999. Its special features include

440-539: Is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the coast of peninsula that comprises the mainland section of the Cotubanamá National Park . The island itself is 110-square-kilometer (42 sq mi) and is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea , with sandbars , and a number of coral reef ecosystems with a wide marine diversity. The island itself is covered in white sand. The northern coast of the island

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480-671: Is more rugged, while the southern and western coasts hold the best open beaches on the island. The island has multiple lagoons including the larger Secucho lagoon located inland and the Canto de la Playa and Las Flamencos lagoons on the southern part of the island. Of the 539 registered species of endemic flora within the Cotubanamá National Park, most of them are found in the diversity of ecosystems on Saona including wild bushes and mangroves , semi-humid and salted forests. Four species of neotropical mangrove are present along

520-528: Is the only element of the language that is directly attested. Baeza could be Arawakan (though not Taino or Iñeri ), analyzable as ba-ésa 'no-thing' = 'nothing'. (Cf. Manao ma-esa 'no, not', Paresis ma-isa 'not'. The negative prefix is ba- in Amarakaeri which, even if it is related to the Arawakan languages, is not close enough to be relevant here.) There are also some non-Taino toponyms from

560-416: Is the site of a series of shipwrecks dating back to the early Spanish control of the island. At least three vessels wrecked on the island due to storm, or piracy . Saona did not have permanent inhabitants until 1944, when the first buildings were constructed on the island. Since then a village was established at Mano Juan which has homes for the local fishermen along with boutique hotels . Saona Island

600-422: Is threatened by climate change and coastal flooding. In the surrounding Caribbean Sea, 40 species of fish, 10 coral, and 124 mollusks can be found, with other marine life including green sea turtles , loggerhead sea turtles , manatees , bottlenose dolphins , rhinoceros iguanas , and octopuses. There are two permanent settlements, the towns of Mano Juan and Catuano. Mano Juan is the only inhabited village on

640-465: The Catuano Channel - red, white, black, and button mangle. The island also has large palm forests and lowland rainforest . 112 species of birds are found on the island, including brown pelicans , magnificent frigatebirds , flamingos , gulls , endemic Hispaniolan parrots , and red-footed boobies . Saona is the Dominican Republic's most important site for sea turtle nesting. The site

680-598: The agricultural Taíno who came to occupy much of the island. For the early European writers, they shared similarities with the nearby Ciguayos . Their language appears to have been moribund at the time of the Spanish Conquest , and within a century it was extinct. Upper Macoris was spoken on the north-central coast of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Magua from Puerto Plata to Nagua , and inland to San Francisco de Macorís and further. It

720-438: The altar. Associating the blood with Christ's crucifixion, she concludes that the altar is God and tries to persuade Richard to go to the other side of the island to pray with her. Richard is shocked at the idea of breaking the law and they argue. When Richard tries to initiate sexual contact with Emmeline, she rebuffs him. He hides from her and masturbates . When a ship appears for the first time in years, Emmeline does not light

760-484: The area that Granberry & Vescelius (2004) suggest may be Waroid : (Cf. a similar list at Guanahatabey language .) The Blue Lagoon (1980 film) The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American dramatic coming-of-age romantic survival film directed by Randal Kleiser from a screenplay written by Douglas Day Stewart based on the 1908 novel of the same name by Henry De Vere Stacpoole . The film stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins . The music score

800-419: The baby move inside her abdomen, assuming her stomach is causing the movements. Months later, Richard observes indigenous people performing a human sacrifice in front of the statue. He becomes frightened and runs away to find Emmeline, whom he finds in labor. Emmeline gives birth to a baby boy, whom they name Paddy. A ship led by Richard's father, Arthur, approaches the island and sees the family playing on

840-489: The few positive reviews came from Variety which claimed it "a beautifully mounted production". Janet Maslin of The New York Times commented that the film is "more serene" than Kleiser’s previous effort Grease , "but it also has a nonsensical glaze that contributes to the inadvertent merriment" and "it tends to be enjoyably silly". She concluded, "Nestor Almendros's cinematography is soothingly gorgeous, and so are Miss Shields and Mr. Atkins. Both are quite adequate to

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880-496: The film "was hyped as being about 'natural love'; but apart from 'doing it in the open air', there is nothing natural about two kids (unfettered by the bonds of society from their early years) subscribing to marriage and traditional role-playing". Judith Martin of The Washington Post said, "For some 40 minutes, it's a charming and beautiful film", but criticized the script when the children mature into teens, particularly "the dialogue, with its silly double entendres , insisting on

920-430: The film holds an approval rating of 12% based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 3.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "A piece of lovely dreck, The Blue Lagoon is a naughty fantasy that's also too chaste to be truly entertaining". On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 31 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Among the more common criticisms were

960-426: The film. All of her nude scenes were performed by the film's 32-year-old stunt coordinator, Kathy Troutt . Shields did many of her topless scenes with her hair glued to her breasts. Atkins was 18 when the movie was filmed, and he performed his own nude scenes (which included brief frontal nudity). Underwater moving picture photography was performed by Ron Taylor and Valerie Taylor . On Rotten Tomatoes ,

1000-456: The island. Catuano is the site of a naval base. The island is powered entirely by renewable energy produced by a solar power plant that provides electricity to the 600 residents of the island. Saona Island is one of the key tourist locations in the Dominican Republic with over 1 million visitors per year. It is the most visited protected area in the Dominican Republic, capturing 45% of the visits to protected areas in 2019. A secondary economy

1040-524: The ludicrously idyllic portrayal of how children would develop outside of civilized society, the unfulfilled buildup of the island's natives as a climactic threat and how the film, while teasing a prurient appeal, conspicuously obscures all sexual activities. Roger Ebert gave the film 1½ stars out of 4, claiming that it "could conceivably have been made interesting, if any serious attempt had been made to explore what might really happen if two 7-year-old kids were shipwrecked on an island. But this isn't

1080-557: The movie's requirements, and neither has much acting to do--Miss Shields's hardest job, for instance, is to pretend she is giving birth to a baby without ever having wondered why she's put on so much weight. Her second hardest job is to keep the wind from ruffling her hair." In a retrospective review for RogerEbert.com , critic Abbey Bender wrote: "When it comes to the depiction of burgeoning sexuality, ' The Blue Lagoon ' wants to have it both ways ... with puberty making itself known through rather obvious dialogue. Sexual discovery

1120-462: The role of Emmeline Lestrange, but she was turned down. Kelly Preston also auditioned for the role. Diane Lane was offered the role but turned it down. Willie Aames was considered for the role of Richard Lestrange. Principal photography of this film began on June 18, 1979 and it was shot at Nanuya Levu , a privately owned island in Fiji . The flora and fauna featured in the film includes an array of animals from multiple continents, including

1160-433: The shore. Content with their lives, Richard and Emmeline walk away instead of signaling for help. Arthur assumes the mud-covered couple are not Richard and Emmeline. Visiting their original homesite, Richard searches for bananas while Paddy, unnoticed, brings a branch of the scarlet berries into the boat with Emmeline. Paddy tosses an oar out of the boat as it drifts from the shore. Richard swims after them followed closely by

1200-494: The signal fire and the ship passes by without noticing them. When Richard confronts Emmeline about her failure, she asserts to his angry disbelief that the island is now their home and that they should remain there. Emmeline also reveals that she knows about Richard's masturbation and threatens to tell her Uncle Arthur about this. They fight and she throws a coconut at him, hitting him in the head by chance. Richard angrily slaps her and kicks her out of their shelter. Emmeline steps on

1240-568: The theatrical trailer, a behind-the-scenes featurette called An Adventure in Filmmaking: The Making of The Blue Lagoon , a personal photo album by Brooke Shields, audio commentary by Randal Kleiser and Christopher Atkins, and another commentary by Kleiser, Shields, and Douglas Day Stewart. The film was re-released in 2005 as part of a two-pack with its sequel, Return to the Blue Lagoon . A limited-edition Blu-ray disc of

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1280-408: The two go skinny dipping in the ocean, but Emmeline is uncomfortable with her sexual attraction to Richard and declines to share her "funny" thoughts with him. She is frightened by her first menstrual period and refuses to allow Richard to inspect her for what he imagines is a wound. Eventually, Richard recognizes his attraction to Emmeline. She ventures to the forbidden side of the island and sees

1320-424: Was another British adaptation in 1949 . The sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) picks up where The Blue Lagoon left off, except with confirmation that Richard and Emmeline are dead when found in the boat . Their son is rescued. A television adaptation of the novel by TV network Lifetime , Blue Lagoon: The Awakening , was released in 2012. The Indian film Ina (1982), directed by I. V. Sasi ,

1360-745: Was a passion project of Randal Kleiser, who had long admired the original novel. He hired Douglas Day Stewart , who had written The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976), to write the script and met up with Richard Franklin , the Australian director, who was looking for work in Hollywood. This gave him the idea to use an Australian crew, which Franklin helped supervise. Brooke Shields was cast as Emmeline Lestrange based on her performance in Pretty Baby (1978). Jodie Foster auditioned for

1400-439: Was also distributed on the southeast coast of Hispaniola around San Pedro de Macorís . Lower Macoris was spoken in the northwestern part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Magua from Monte Cristi to Puerto Plata , and from the coast inland to the area of Santiago de los Caballeros . Little is known of Macorix apart from it being a distinct language from Taino and neighboring Ciguayo. A negative form, baeza [baˈesa] ,

1440-481: Was composed by Basil Poledouris , and the cinematography was by Néstor Almendros . The film tells the story of two young children marooned on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific . But without either the guidance or the restrictions of society, emotional and physical changes arise as they reach puberty , go skinny dipping in the ocean, fall in love, and end up having a child. The Blue Lagoon

1480-589: Was known as "Adamanay" by the indigenous Taino . The island was baptized "Saona" by Christopher Columbus , who landed on it in May 1494 during his second voyage to the Americas . Columbus named Michele da Cuneo the first governor of the island. The name was meant "... to honor Michele da Cuneo, [Columbus'] friend from Savona." By 1500, the Tainos on the island provided Santo Domingo with most of its cassava . The island

1520-685: Was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film , the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Almendros, and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor for Atkins. Shields won the inaugural Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her work in the film. In the late Victorian period , two cousins, nine-year-old Richard and seven-year-old Emmeline Lestrange, and galley cook Paddy Button, are shipwrecked on

1560-593: Was the twelfth-biggest box office hit of 1980 in North America according to The Numbers , grossing US$ 58,853,106 in the United States and Canada on a $ 4.5 million budget. The Blue Lagoon was based on Henry De Vere Stacpoole 's novel of the same name , which first appeared in 1908. The first film adaptation of the book was the British silent 1923 film of that name , which is now lost . There

1600-406: Was theatrically released on June 20, 1980, by Columbia Pictures . The film was panned by critics, who disparaged its screenplay, execution, and Shields' performance, but Almendros' cinematography received praise. In spite of the criticism, the film was a commercial success, grossing $ 58.8 million on a $ 4.5 million budget and becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 1980 in North America . The film

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