The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.
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Richard Stanley
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Kier-La Janisse
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Michael Gingold
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Graham Humphreys
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Edward R. Pressman
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Robert Shaye
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Tim Sullivan
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Tim Zinnemann
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Fairuza Balk
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Bruce Spaulding Fuller
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Director
David Gregory
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Severin Films
Wuchak
February 16, 2020
***Account of the troubled production is far more compelling than the movie*** The making of the 1996 version of "The Island of Dr. Moreau" was such a disaster that articles, books and documentaries have been made about it, like this 2014 documentary "Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau." Stanley championed the film, wrote the screenplay and was set to direct...
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