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• 31   Metascore
• 1980
• 1 hr 44 mins
• Action & Adventure, Drama

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On a journey to San Francisco, Richard, his father and cousin Emmeline find themselves on a ship about to explode. Rushed to a lifeboat with Paddy Button, the two children escape while their father (and uncle) are on another lifeboat. In the chaos following, the lifeboats are separated. Paddy, Richard and Emmeline find themselves with no food and no water stuck in the middle of nowhere. After some time, the three come across an uncharted island, where Paddy quickly teaches the children fishing, hunting and building. After maybe a month or two, Paddy gets very drunk off a barrel of rum found on the island when they first arrive, and drowns in the middle of the night. Now alone and very scared, Richard and Emmeline move location and rebuild their island home. Years later, the children grow into teenagers and have developed a very real home on their island paradise. But hormones and feelings between the two strain their friendship, until Richard, who is still very determined to reach San Francisco, is unhappy with Emmeline when a ship passes by the island and she does not light the signal fire. Throwing her out of the home they had built together, Emmeline attempts to survive on her own but is hurt after stepping on a stonefish. After Richard finds her deathly sick, he realizes how he really feels for her and manages to save her from certain doom. Nature runs its course, and their friendship turns into love as the couple learn about the facts of life, when Emmeline has a baby and does not know the reason. Then for the first time in years, a ship led by Richard's father shows up on the horizon and sees the couple playing with their baby ashore.

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Brooke Shields

Emmeline Lestrange

Christopher Atkins

Richard Lestrange

Leo McKern

Paddy Button

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Awards

• 1981 - Oscar - Best Cinematography - nominated
• 1981 - Golden Globe - New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male - nominated
• 1981 - Young Artist Award - Best Major Motion Picture - Family Entertainment - nominated
• 1981 - Young Artist Award - Best Young Actress in a Major Motion Picture - nominated

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