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1980 "THE BLUE LAGOON" opening day & Tom Petty ads...
1980 "THE BLUE LAGOON" opening day & Tom Petty ads...
Item # 718678
June 17, 1980
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 18-24, 1980
* "The Blue Lagoon" film advertisement
* Opening day premiere in New York City
* Brooke Shields & Christopher Atkins movie
* Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert ad
* Palladium nightclub in Manhattan
Page 45 has a nice advertisement for the opening day showing of "THE BLUE LAGOON" in Manhattan. (see images)
AI notes: The Blue Lagoon (1980) is a visually lush yet controversial romantic survival drama that tells the story of two young cousins, Emmeline and Richard, who are stranded on a remote tropical island after a shipwreck in the Victorian era. Orphaned and left to raise themselves in isolation, they grow from innocent children into curious teenagers, navigating the challenges of survival alongside the emotional and physical transformations of adolescence. As they come of age far from civilization, the pair naturally fall in love and form a makeshift family, giving birth to a child while still possessing limited understanding of adult concepts like sex, love, or society. Filmed amid the natural beauty of Fiji, the movie is praised for its cinematography and dreamlike atmosphere, yet often criticized for its exploitative portrayal of teenage sexuality—particularly surrounding Brooke Shields, who was only 14 during production. Despite widespread critical disdain for its simplistic dialogue and questionable ethics, The Blue Lagoon found commercial success and has since endured as a polarizing cult film that blends innocence with sensuality against the backdrop of a paradise untouched by the modern world.
Page 63 has a full page ad for upcoming performances by "Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers" at the Palladium nightclub. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete in 112 pages, one fold across the center, nice condition.
Provenance: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive.
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Category: The 20th Century
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