Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Starring: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels
Factual error: Despite being on an island for a long time, Emmeline has no body hair anywhere.
amycamille1975Factual error: Macaws and Cockatoos don't live on the island (Fiji). Because Macaws are from South America and Cockatoos are from Australia.
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Other mistake: For someone who has been living on a desert island for at least 10 years, Emmeline seems to have discovered a beauty salon hidden in the paradise. In the close up shots of her hands, she has remarkably nice manicured nails.
Trivia: Melissa Sue Anderson ("Mary Ingalls" in Little House on the Prairie) was initially given the offer to be Em, but she turned it down because she would have to do some nude scenes. Brooke Shields got the offer instead.
RegulusQuestion: At the end of the movie, when the ship finds Richard, Emmeline, and baby Paddy in the lifeboat, Richard's father asks if they are dead. A crewman tells him that they are only asleep. Are they really dead and the crewman was trying to spare his feelings by lying to him, or are they really only sleeping?
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Answer: The ending is meant to be ambiguous, and is identical to the ending of the original novel on which the film is based. It is never answered whether they are alive or not.
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