Factual error: Despite being on an island for a long time, Emmeline has no body hair anywhere.
Factual error: Macaws and Cockatoos don't live on the island (Fiji). Because Macaws are from South America and Cockatoos are from Australia.
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
2 factual errors
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Starring: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels
Continuity mistake: After the baby is born, in one scene where it is lying on the bed, it's lying on a blue-green print receiving blanket. In the next shot, the baby is wrapped in a fur or rough cloth material. (01:20:20)
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Trivia: Brooke Shields had to stand in a ditch in some parts of the movie because she was much taller than her co-star.
Question: 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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