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| Amore Americano |
1983 A beautiful American heiress living during the time of the roaring twenties enters an international car race that takes place in the middle of the treacherous Sahara Desert. During the course of the event, she is kidnapped by Bedouin tribesmen. |
1986 - Ace reporter Brenda Starr must find the missing scientist and his missing formula so she can get the scoop of the century for her financially-strapped newspaper. But she's not the only one searching. She risks her life and goes to the treacherous jungles of South America with the help of her handsome, dashing mystery man to find the story. |
32-year-old director Randal Kleiser read a tender, romantic novel called The Blue Lagoon. First published in 1908, the tale centers around two children shipwrecked on a tropical island, trying to work out the problems and mysteries of growing up without the benefit of social rules of adult guidance. Kleiser tried to find teens and he finally chose lovely Brooke Shields to play Emmeline and handsome newcomer Christopher Atkins to play Richard. |
1981 Synopsis: Scott Spencer's best-selling novel of obsessive love is given the full Zeffirelli treatment with this film, a showcase for a young Brooke Shields, truly radiant as 15 year old Jade, the love of 17 year old David's life (Martin Hewitt). Jade and David are so obsessed with each other that they start to lose touch with the rest of the world. When her worried dad tries to separate them, David burns down their house in a misguided effort to win back their approval (he was planning on making it look like an accident, and then saving their lives). Sent to a reformatory with no chance of ever seeing his beloved Jade again, poor David is doomed to a life of unfulfilled longing |
| Wet Gold (1984) (TV) She sought a fortune. She found a nightmare. |
