Film
The Blue Lagoon (70mm)
Cert:(15)
Dir. Randal Kleiser
USA, 104 mins, 1980
Cast: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern
This remake of the earlier 1949 film was surely an unexpected hit when it was released in 1980. With the phenomenal success of his debut film Grease behind him, director Randal Kleiser was finally able to realise this more personal project. When two children (played by Brooke Shields and newcomer Christopher Atkins) are shipwrecked on a tropical island they are forced to deal with the trials of coming of age without the assistance of adult guidance. Filmed on location in Fiji this mouth-watering drama boasts stunning Oscar-nominated photography by Néstor Almendros and underwater photography by Ron and Valerie Taylor, who had recently worked on the smash hit Jaws. Take this rare opportunity to see this underrated film back on the big screen in glorious 70mm (complete with six-track stereo) for the first time in the UK since 1981. This 30th anniversary screening generously sponsored by Joe Blackwell. Print source: Sony Pictures International (UK)
Other films showing as part of the Widescreen Weekend are:
- This is Cinerama (3-Strip Cinerama)
- Manhattan (35mm)
- Lecture: Oyster Bay - History of a
- Battle of the Bulge (70mm)
- Die Hard (70mm)
- Remastering Windjammer
- Windjammer (Digital)
- Alien (70mm)
- Screentalk: John Harvey
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (70mm)
- 2010 (70mm)
- Cineramacana
- The Alamo (35mm)
- Flying Clipper
- Cinerama's Legacy
- The Blue Lagoon (70mm)
- Quest for Fire (70mm)
- The Hunt For Red October (70mm)
