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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Documentary · 2014
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.
The sides of Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
- A director fired from his own dream project
- Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer on a chaotic set
- A shoot in the jungle that falls apart
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau is good for you if…
- you love true stories of films that went wrong.
- you laugh at how far a shoot can spin out of control.
- you like Richard Stanley's strange, mystical side.
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau is bad for you if…
- you'd rather watch a film than hear people talk about one.
- you want one clear answer about who was to blame.
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