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Return to the Blue Lagoon | |
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Directed by | William A. Graham |
Screenplay by | Leslie Stevens |
Based on | The Garden of God by Henry De Vere Stacpoole |
Produced by | William A. Graham |
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Cinematography | Robert Steadman |
Edited by | Ronald J. Fagan |
Music by | Basil Poledouris |
Production company | Price Entertainment |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $11 million |
Box office | $2.8 million |
Return to the Blue Lagoon is a 1991 American South Seas romantic adventure film directed and produced by William A. Graham and starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause. The film is a sequel to The Blue Lagoon (1980). The screenplay by Leslie Stevens was based on the 1923 novel The Garden of God by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The original music score was written, composed, and performed by Basil Poledouris. The film's closing theme song, "A World of Our Own", is performed by Surface featuring Bernard Jackson. The music was written by Barry Mann, and the lyrics were written by Cynthia Weil.
The film tells the story of two young children marooned on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific. Their life together is blissful, but not without physical and emotional changes, as they grow to maturity and fall in love. The film was not financially successful, grossing just $2.8 million on an $11 million budget. Like its predecessor, it received negative reviews from critics. It has an approval rating of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.