In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturi... Read allIn the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 8 nominations total
- Lookout
- (as Jeffrey Means)
- Infant Paddy
- (as Chad Timmermans)
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- TriviaWhile viewing this movie, John Gibbons, a herpetologist at the University of the South Pacific, realized that the iguanas that appeared in the film were a distinct species that had never before been seen or documented by experts in the field. Afterward, he visited Nanuya Levu, the Fiji island where the movie was made, and named the species the Fiji Crested Iguana.
- GoofsAfter Paddy dies, and the children pack up the dinghy, the handmade toy boat is prominently displayed on top of their belongings. Years later, when they return to the original hut, Richard is digging through the rubble and finds what is left of the toy boat that he clearly took with him.
- Quotes
Emmeline Lestrange: You're such a silly dodo, Richard! We're never getting off this island.
Richard Lestrange: Thanks to you!
Emmeline Lestrange: This is where we live, Richard. This is our home, now and forever.
Richard Lestrange: No! I could never live here with JUST you! I don't even like you! You never used to laugh at me! You never used to have secrets you wouldn't tell me!
Emmeline Lestrange: Well, you're not so perfect either, Mr. Richard Lestrange. I've seen you playing with it, and I'll tell your father, IF he ever gets here.
Richard Lestrange: YOU? I hate you!
[throws a rock at her, narrowly missing her]
Emmeline Lestrange: You almost hit me!
Richard Lestrange: Take it back! Take back what you said!
Emmeline Lestrange: I've seen it all! What happens after you've been doing it a long time?
Richard Lestrange: Shut up! That's not fair peeking! I don't peek on you!
Emmeline Lestrange: That's a lie! You're always staring at my buppies.
Richard Lestrange: Only 'cause they look so funny! You know what you look like now, Em? You look like one of those pictures Paddy had in his drawer. One of his Hoochie Coochie girls!
- Alternate versionsThe version aired on TBS cuts out the shot of Paddy's nude photographs, the blood spurting onto the native after the execution, as well as all nude scenes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Tosh.0: Competitive Sushi Eater (2013)
- ehoshaw
- Jan 12, 2001
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $58,853,106
- Gross worldwide
- $58,853,106
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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