Return to the Blue Lagoon

Return to the Blue Lagoon is a 1991 romance film/adventure film directed by William A. Graham. The screenplay by Leslie Stevens was based on the novel The Garden of God by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The score was composed by Basil Poledouris. The film is a sequel to the 1980 blockbuster The Blue Lagoon.

Plot Summary

In the Victorian period, a beautiful young widow, her daughter, and an orphaned boy are cast off from the ship they are travelling on, and are stranded on a beautiful island. The widow Sarah Hargrave (Pelikan) tries to raise them to be civilized, but soon gives up as the boy, called Richard, was born and raised by young lovers Richard and Emmeline Lestrange on this same island, and he influences the widow's daughter Lilli. They grow up, and Sarah educates them from the bible, as well as from her own knowledge, including the facts of life. When they are about eight, she dies, leaving them to finish raising themselves.

Years later, Richard and Lilli Hargrave (Krause and Jovovich) have grown tall, strong and beautiful. As young adults, they fall in love and exchange formal wedding vows and rings in the middle of the jungle. Soon after, a ship arrives at the island, carrying unruly sailors, a stuffy captain, and his beautiful daughter Sylvia Hilliard (Coburn). They offer to bring them back to civilization. Sylvia tries to steal Richard from Lilli, but as tempted as he is by her strangeness, he realizes that Lilli is his heart and soul, upsetting Sylvia. Richard is forced to lure a sailor to his death on the reef, or be killed by him. He apologizes to Lilli for hurting her, and she reveales that she is pregnant. At last, the ship departs and Richard and Lilli prefer to stay on the island forever and have their baby girl.

Tagline

Return to the Romance, Return to the Adventure...

Selected Cast

• Milla Jovovich – Lilli Hargrave
• Brian Krause – Richard Hargrave
• Lisa Pelikan – Sarah Hargrave
• Nana Coburn – Sylvia Hilliard
• Brian Blain – Captain Jacob Hilliard