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Black Earth Rising
Also known as
The Forgiving Earth
Genre
Drama
Thriller
Written by
Hugo Blick
Directed by
Hugo Blick
Starring
Michaela Coel
John Goodman
Tamara Tunie
Noma Dumezweni
Harriet Walter
Danny Sapani
Tyrone Huggins
Ronald Guttman
Lucian Msamati
Theme music composer
Leonard Cohen
Opening theme
"You Want It Darker"
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of series
1
No. of episodes
8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Greg Brenman
Hugo Blick
Producer(s)
Abi Bach
Cinematography
Hubert Taczanowski
Editor(s)
Jason Krasucki
Running time
60 minutes
Production company(s)
Drama Republic
BBC Studios
Eight Rooks Production
Netflix
Release
Original network
BBC Two
Netflix
Picture format
16:9 (4k)
Audio format
Stereo
Original release
10 September 2018 (2018-09-10) – present
External links
Black Earth Rising
Black Earth Rising is a 2018 television drama series written and directed by Hugo Blick about the prosecution of international war crimes. The series is a co-production between BBC Two and Netflix, with BBC Two airing the show in the United Kingdom from 10 September 2018, and Netflix streaming the show internationally outside the UK with no confirmed start date.[1][2]
Contents
1 Plot
2 Production
3 Cast
3.1 Series 1 (2018)
4 Episodes
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
The story centres on Kate Ashby, who works as a legal investigator in the law chambers of Michael Ennis. When Kate's adoptive mother Eve takes on a case prosecuting an African militia leader, the story pulls Michael and Kate into a journey that will upend their lives forever.[3]
Production[edit]
The series was commissioned as Black Earth Rising in 2017,[2] and was known as The Forgiving Earth for a time during production[4] before reverting to its original title by April 2018.[3] During a night shoot of a car stunt scene in Ghana, camera operator Mark Milsome was killed.[4]
The production visited a private residence in Sevenoaks, Kent for some of the filming, where the swimming pool doubled for a Spa hotel in Paris.[5]
Cast[edit]
Michaela Coel as Kate Ashby; a 28-year-old Rwandan-born legal investigator.[3]
John Goodman as Michael Ennis; an American-born divorced barrister living and working in the UK.[3]
Tamara Tunie as Eunice Clayton; US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.[3][6]
Noma Dumezweni as Alice Munezero; a Rwandan government official and former General in the Rwandan Patriotic Army.[3]
Harriet Walter as Eve Ashby, Kate's adoptive mother, and an international prosecution barrister.[3]
Danny Sapani as General Simon Nyamoya; a former Tutsi corporal who helped bring the Rwandan Genocide to an end.[3]
Tyrone Huggins as Patrice Ganimana; a Rwandan Hutu who helped implement the Rwandan Genocide.[7]
Ronald Guttman as Jacques Antoine Barré; a former Advisor to the Élysée Palace between 1987-1994.[3]
Lucian Msamati as David Runihura; Special Advisor to the President of Rwanda.[3]
Aure Atika as Sophie Barré; daughter of Jacques Antoine Barré and CEO of Barré Resources.[3]
Abena Ayivor as Bibi Mundanzi; the overwhelmingly well-liked third-term President of Rwanda and adoptive sister of Alice Munezero.[3]
Malou Coindreau as Hana Ennis; Michael's daughter and a former financial analyst, who has been in a coma for three years.[3]
Michael Gould as Harper Hopkinson; a book illustrator and Hana Ennis's stepfather.[3]
Hugo Blick as Blake Gaines; a successful defense barrister and rival of Ennis, hired to defend Patrice Ganimana.
Kathryn Hunter as Capi Petridis; the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
Serge Hazanavicius as Marc Previeau; a senior French Juge d'instruction based in Paris[3]
Emmanuel Imani as Florence Karamera; a mysterious man aiding and protecting Kate[3]
Julian Glover as Mark Viner; a retired barrister and Eve Ashby's former boss.
Series 1 (2018)[edit]
Episodes[edit]
No.
Title [8]
Directed by [3]
Written by [3]
Original air date [8]
UK viewers
(millions)
1
"In Other News" Hugo Blick Hugo Blick 10 September 2018 (2018-09-10)[9] 2.27[10]
International criminal lawyer Eve Ashby agrees to prosecute Simon Nyamoya (Danny Sapani), a Rwandan general-turned-mercenary who has been extradited to the International Criminal Court, situated in The Hague. Her adopted daughter, Kate, is a refugee of the Rwandan genocide, and recognises Nyamoya as an important figure in ending the massacre. She struggles to come to terms with the decision and feels betrayed by her mother. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN forces move against war criminal Patrice Ganimana (Tyrone Huggins), but events take a tragic turn.
2
"Looking at the Past" Hugo Blick Hugo Blick 17 September 2018 (2018-09-17) N/A
Nyamoya's trial is brought to an early and bloody conclusion. As Kate and Michael grapple with unfolding events, they are asked for help by Rwandan general Alice Munezero (Noma Dumezweni), an old friend who is arrested upon her return to Europe on suspicion of murdering a French priest in Rwanda in 1994. Acting as Alice's legal investigator, Kate heads to France in search of the truth and learns that the man she is accused of murdering may not even be dead.
3
"A Ghost in Name" Hugo Blick Hugo Blick 24 September 2018 (2018-09-24) N/A
Kate continues her search for the truth and tries to flush out Father Patenaude (Pascal Laurent) by informing him of his mother's ill health. Back in London, Michael is about to go under the knife and Kate is unable to reach him for advice when she meets with a shady figure in the Paris catacombs. As Alice's case finally comes before the court, Brigadier General Lesage (Olivier Rabourdin) offers testimony which looks to stop the defence in their tracks - until Kate realises where she's seen him before.
4
"A Bowl of Cornflakes" Hugo Blick Hugo Blick 1 October 2018 (2018-10-01) N/A
Patenaude's return results in the prosecution against Alice being dropped. Michael receives word that Patrice Ganimana is being treated for cancer in London, but soon clashes with an old rival, Blake Gaines (Hugo Blick) who has been assigned to represent him. But before Ganimana can be extradited to the ICC, Capi (Kathryn Hunter) informs Michael that the case is being withdrawn due to twelve key witnesses retracting their statements.
5
"The Eyes of the Devil" Hugo Blick Hugo Blick 8 October 2018 (2018-10-08) TBD
Gaines falls foul of the secret parties funding his legal fees. Angered at Michael's instance of the inability to prosecute Ganimana, Kate offers to help out David Runihura (Lucian Msamati) as the Rwandan court of justice try to extradite him to stand trial in his own country. Kate also tries to locate a file written by her mother in 1997 to work out why Ganimana was not prosecuted at the time.
6
"The Game's True Nature" Hugo Blick Hugo Blick 15 October 2018 (2018-10-15) TBD
7
"Double Bogey on the Ninth" Hugo Blick Hugo Blick 22 October 2018 (2018-10-22) TBD
8
"The Forgiving Earth" Hugo Blick Hugo Blick 29 October 2018 (2018-10-29) TBD
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Netflix Boards BBC Drama 'Troy' From 'Night Manager' Writer". The Hollywood Reporter. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "Netflix Invests Nearly $2 Billion in European Productions, Promises More". Variety. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r White, Peter (30 April 2018). "John Goodman & Michaela Coel To Star In Netflix & BBC Drama 'Black Earth Rising'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b "UK Camera Operator Dies Filming Stunt Scene for BBC, Netflix Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
Jump up ^ Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Black Earth Rising Article".
Jump up ^ "Black Earth Rising - Eunice Clayton - BBC Two". BBC Programmes. BBC. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
Jump up ^ "Black Earth Rising - Patrice Ganimana - BBC Two". BBC Programmes. BBC. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b "Black Earth Rising Episodes Guide and Summaries". Next Episode. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
Jump up ^ Munn, Patrick (29 August 2018). "BBC Two Sets Premiere Date For 'Black Earth Rising'". TV Wise. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
Jump up ^ "Four-screen dashboard | BARB". www.barb.co.uk.
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The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)
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The Blue Lagoon
Promotional film poster
Directed by
Randal Kleiser
Produced by
Randal Kleiser
Screenplay by
Douglas Day Stewart
Based on
The Blue Lagoon
by Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Starring
Brooke Shields
Christopher Atkins
Leo McKern
William Daniels
Music by
Basil Poledouris
Cinematography
Néstor Almendros
Edited by
Robert Gordon
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
June 20, 1980 (1980-06-20)
Running time
104 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$4.5 million
Box office
$58,853,106 (U.S. and Canada only)
The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American romantic survival drama film directed by Randal Kleiser and filmed on Turtle Island in Fiji.[1] The screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart was based on the 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The film stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. The music score was composed by Basil Poledouris and the cinematography was by Néstor Almendros.
The film tells the story of two young children marooned on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific. With neither the guidance nor the restrictions of society, emotional feelings and physical changes arise as they reach puberty and fall in love.
The film contained a substantial amount of sexual content, and Shields was depicted as nude in many of the scenes. This was controversial, as she was 14 years old at the time of the filming. Body doubles were used in some of her nude scenes and in frontal shots her breasts were always covered by her long hair or in other ways.[2] The film received an MPAA rating of R in the United States.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception
4.1 Critical reception
4.2 Box office
5 Awards and honors
5.1 Other honors
6 Versions and adaptations
6.1 DVD and Blu-ray
6.2 Streaming
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
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In the early Victorian period, two young child cousins, Richard (Glenn Kohan) and Emmeline Lestrange (Elva Josephson), and a galley cook, Paddy Button (Leo McKern), survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific and reach a lush tropical island. Paddy cares for the small children and forbids them by "Law" from going to the other side of the island, as he had found remains from bloody human sacrifices on an Easter Island-like altar. He also warns them against eating a scarlet berry which is apparently deadly (he calls it the "never-wake-up berry").
Paddy soon dies after a drunken binge and his body is discovered by Richard and Emmeline. Now alone, the children go to another part of the island and rebuild their home.
Years pass and they both grow into tall, strong and beautiful teenagers. They live in their hut, spending their days together fishing, swimming and diving for pearls. Richard and Emmeline (now portrayed by Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields) begin to fall in love, although this is emotionally stressful for them because of their lack of education on human sexuality. Emmeline is frightened after she has her first menstrual period; confused about it, she refuses to allow Richard to inspect her for what he imagines is a wound. Richard finds himself becoming physically attracted to Emmeline but she, though often fearful of being left alone, does not reciprocate his feelings, inciting Richard to go off alone and masturbate.
Sometime later, their relationship suffers a major blow when a ship appears for the first time in years. Richard's desire to leave comes into conflict with Emmeline's desire to stay and she does not light the signal fire. As a result, the ship passes by without noticing them. When Richard angrily confronts Emmeline about this, she tells him that the island is their home now and that they should stay, to Richard's disbelief.
Emmeline's desire to stay on the island is linked to an interesting subplot concerning the theme of religious belief. She has secretly ventured to the forbidden side of the island, and seen the altar that Paddy had previously seen. However, without Paddy's knowledge of human depravity and human sacrifice, Emmeline comes to a different conclusion about the altar; she approaches it as in worship, and when she sees blood on the altar, associates this with the blood of Christ's crucifixion. She comes to the conclusion that the altar is God, and tries to persuade Richard to go to the other side of the island to pray with her. Richard is shocked at this proposal; terrified at the idea of breaking the Law. This disagreement further deepens their relationship problems.
They insult each other and Emmeline reveals that she knows what happens when Richard goes off alone, having caught him in the act of masturbating, and threatens to tell her Uncle Arthur about it, which leads him to throw a coconut at her. She throws one back, hitting him on the head. Immediately remorseful, Emmeline rushes over to him but he slaps her and says he wishes she was "dead n' buried". Richard's fury leads him to kick Emmeline out of their hut.
They make up for this fight after Emmeline is nearly killed upon stepping on a stonefish. Sick and weak, Emmeline pleads with Richard to "take her to God". Richard carries her to the other side of the island and places her on the altar, offering a prayer to God. Emmeline recovers and Richard admits to his fear of losing her.
After Emmeline regains her ability to walk, they go skinny dipping in the lagoon and then swim to shore. Still naked, Richard and Emmeline discover sexual intercourse and passionate love. They regularly make love from then on while occasionally spending their time together in the nude. Emmeline becomes pregnant. During the pregnancy, Emmeline discovers cravings and morning sickness as she continually indulges in coconuts and then is discovered by Richard the following morning vomiting by the seashore. Richard and Emmeline have no knowledge of childbirth and human reproduction and assume that the physical change in Emmeline's body is her getting fat. They are stunned when they feel the baby move inside her and assume that it is her stomach causing the movements.
Richard ventures to the far side of the island one night, following the sound of drums, and witnesses a human sacrifice on the altar. Terrified, he flees back to their home, to find Emmeline in childbirth. Emmeline gives birth to a baby boy, whom they name Paddy. Frustrated at not knowing how to feed the baby, Emmeline holds him and learns how to feed him as the baby instinctively starts sucking on her breast. The young parents spend their time playing with Paddy as he grows, teaching him how to swim, fish and build things.
As the family plays, a ship led by Richard's father Arthur (William Daniels) approaches the island and sees the family playing on the shore. As they are covered in mud, their appearance is difficult to determine. When they notice the approaching ship, as they are happy with their life on the island with the young Paddy, they exchange looks and tacitly walk away and stay on the island instead of signaling for help. Arthur assumes that these are natives, not the young couple they have been searching for all these years, and the ship passes.
One day, the young family takes the lifeboat to visit their original homesite. Richard goes off and finds bananas for them to eat, leaving Emmeline and Paddy at the boat. Emmeline looks around the shore of the island and does not notice when Paddy brings a branch of the scarlet berries into the boat. Emmeline and Paddy return to the boat and slowly drift away, until Paddy tosses one of the oars out. Unable to reach the oar, Emmeline shouts to Richard and he swims to her, followed closely by a shark. Emmeline throws the other oar at the shark, striking it and giving Richard time to get into the boat. Though close to shore, they are unable to return or retrieve the oars without risking a shark attack. They paddle with their hands to no avail; the boat is caught in the current and drifts out to sea.
After drifting for days in the boat, Richard and Emmeline awake to find Paddy eating the berries he picked. Realizing that these are poisonous berries, they try to stop him, but he has already swallowed some. Hopeless, Richard and Emmeline eat the berries as well, lying down to await death. A few hours later, Arthur's ship finds them floating in the boat. Arthur asks, "Are they dead?" and the ship's captain (Gus Mercurio) answers, "No, sir. They're asleep".
Cast[edit]
Brooke Shields as Emmeline Lestrange
Elva Josephson as Young Emmeline
Christopher Atkins as Richard Lestrange
Glenn Kohan as Young Richard
Bradley Pryce as Little Paddy
Chad Timmermans as Infant Paddy
Leo McKern as Paddy Button
William Daniels as Arthur Lestrange
Alan Hopgood as Captain
Gus Mercurio as Officer
Production[edit]
The Fiji Crested Iguana became known to herpetologists through The Blue Lagoon.
The movie was a passion project of Randal Kleiser, who had long admired the original novel. He hired Douglas Day Stewart, who had written Boy in the Plastic Bubble, to write the script, and met up with Richard Franklin, the Australian director, who was looking for work in Hollywood. This gave him the idea to use an Australian crew, which Franklin helped supervise.[3]
The film was shot in Jamaica and Nanuya Levu, a privately owned island in Fiji.[4] The flora and fauna featured in the film includes an array of animals from multiple continents. As it turned out, the iguanas filmed on Fiji were a species hitherto unknown to biologists; this was noted by the herpetologist John Gibbons when he watched the film, and after traveling to the island where the iguanas were filmed, he described the Fiji crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) in 1981.[5] The blue lagoon scenes were shot in Comino Island, Malta and Champagne Bay, Vanuatu.[citation needed]
In the DVD and Blu-ray Disc versions of this film, it was stated that many of Brooke Shields' nude scenes were in fact done by older body doubles. In addition, the film's stunt coordinator, Kathy Troutt, was one of the body doubles, as well as the dolphin trainer. It was also stated that Brooke Shields had done many of her topless scenes with her hair glued to her breasts.[2][6]
Underwater moving picture photography was performed by Ron and Valerie Taylor.[7]
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
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The Blue Lagoon was panned by critics. It currently holds a score of 11% on Rotten Tomatoes out of 18 reviews.[8] Roger Ebert gave the film 1½ stars out of 4, claiming that the film "made him itch".[9] He and Gene Siskel selected the film as one of their "dogs of the year" in a 1980 episode of Sneak Previews.[10]
Box office[edit]
The film was the ninth biggest box office hit of 1980 in North America according to Box Office Mojo, grossing US$58,853,106 in the United States and Canada.[11]
Awards and honors[edit]
Main awards
Nominee: Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Néstor Almendros
Nominee: Saturn Award – Best Fantasy Film
Nominee: Golden Globe Award, New Star of the Year – Christopher Atkins
1st Golden Raspberry Award
Won: Worst Actress (Brooke Shields)
Young Artist Awards
Nominee: Best Major Motion Picture – Family Entertainment
Nominee: Best Young Motion Picture Actor – Christopher Atkins
Nominee: Best Young Motion Picture Actress – Brooke Shields
Other honors[edit]
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated[12]
Versions and adaptations[edit]
The Blue Lagoon was based on Henry De Vere Stacpoole's novel by the same name, which first appeared in 1908. The first film adaptation of the book was the British silent 1923 film of that name. There was another British adaptation in the 1949 version. The 1980 version was true to the spirit of the book. It included much more nudity and sex scenes than the 1949 version, though far less nudity and sexual activity than did the book.
The story was eventually continued in the sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). This film loosely picks up where The Blue Lagoon left off, except that Richard and Emmeline are found dead in the boat. Their son is rescued. As Paddy's name is unknown to his rescuers, he is renamed Richard after his father.
The movie was briefly parodied in a flashback scene of the movie Top Secret! (1984). The Quantum Leap episode "Leaping of the Shrew" guest-starred Brooke Shields, and was about a young man and woman marooned on a deserted island. It was also parodied in the movie Going Berserk (1983) when John Candy reveals his reoccurring nightmare inspired by the movie. The end of the dream spoofs Christopher Atkins' masturbation scene when Candy is spotted masturbating by the jeering passengers of a ship that happens to pass by.
On December 9, 2011, the cable TV network Lifetime greenlit the television film Blue Lagoon: The Awakening.[13] It premiered on the channel on June 16, 2012. The male lead from the 1980 film, Christopher Atkins, appears in the 2012 film as one of the teachers on the ship-borne field trip where Emma and Dean are lost at sea and end up on an island. This film is available on DVD.
DVD and Blu-ray[edit]
The Special Edition DVD, with both widescreen and full-screen versions, was released on October 5, 1999. Its special features include the theatrical trailer, the original featurette, a personal photo album by Brooke Shields, audio commentary by Randal Kleiser and Christopher Atkins, and another commentary by Randal Kleiser, Douglas Day Stewart and Brooke Shields.[14] The film was re-released in 2005 as part of a two pack with its sequel, Return to the Blue Lagoon.[15]
A limited edition Blu-ray Disc of the film was released on December 11, 2012, by Twilight Time. Special features on the Blu-ray include an isolated score track, original trailer, three original teasers, a behind the scenes featurette called An Adventure in Filmmaking: The Making of The Blue Lagoon, as well as audio commentary by Randal Kleiser, Douglas Day Stewart and Brooke Shields and a second commentary by Randal Kleiser and Christopher Atkins.[16][17]
Streaming[edit]
The 1980 movie was made available for streaming through services such as Amazon Video and Vudu.[18][19]
See also[edit]
The Blue Lagoon (1923 film)
The Blue Lagoon (1949 film)
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, A lifetime television movie
Paradise
State of nature
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Film Location for the Blue Lagoon Movie". Turtlefiji.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b The Blue Lagoon (DVD special edition). Released October 5, 1999.
Jump up ^ Scott Murray, "The Blue Lagoon: Interview with Randal Kleiser", Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 [166-169, 212]
Jump up ^ McMurran, Kristin (August 11, 1980). "Too Much, Too Young?". People. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
Jump up ^ Robert George Sprackland (1992). Giant lizards. Neptune, New Jersey: T.F.H. Publications. ISBN 0-86622-634-6.
Jump up ^ "SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT". Screenarchives.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Jump up ^ Valerie and Ron Taylor join the action in 'THE BLUE LAGOON', The Australian Women's Weekly, November 19, 1980, pages 64 and 65, Retrieved February 17, 2013
Jump up ^ "The Blue Lagoon". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Blue Lagoon Movie Review & Film Summary (1980) - Roger Ebert". Rogerebert.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "Sneak Previews: Worst of 1980". Siskelandebert.org. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "1980 Yearly Box Office Results". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Nominees" (PDF). Afi.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (December 9, 2011). "Lifetime Greenlights 'Blue Lagoon' Remake". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
Jump up ^ "The Blue Lagoon". Amazon.com. 5 October 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "The Blue Lagoon / Return to the Blue Lagoon". Amazon.com. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "The Blue Lagoon Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Jump up ^ The Blue Lagoon Blu-ray, Twilight Time, 2012
Jump up ^ "Amazon.com: The Blue Lagoon: Christopher Atkins, Brooke Shields, William Daniels, Leo McKern: Amazon Digital Services LLC". Amazon.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "VUDU - Watch Movies". Vudu.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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