Plot
When Martin Popplewell was 15 years old he watched the film The Blue Lagoon starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins From then on he was determined to live as a castaway on an uninhabited Pacific Island with a girl Friday When he realised his dream in 1989 he was just 18 years old The adventure became a media sensation with journalists flying halfway round the world to cover the story Martin kept a video diary of his experience In 2001 he returned to the Pacific to make a critically acclaimed documentary The Real Castaway reunites the two castaways on their desert island 12 years after their experience Its a story about adventure growing up and the pursuit of an impossible dream
