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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-08-24
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Severin Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Richard Stanley as Self
- Kier-La Janisse as Self
- Michael Gingold as Self
- Graham Humphreys as Self
- Edward R. Pressman as Self
- Robert Shaye as Self
- Tim Sullivan as Self
- Tim Zinnemann as Self
- Fairuza Balk as Self
- Bruce Spaulding Fuller as Self
- Marco Hofschneider as Self
- Rob Morrow as Self
Crew
- David Gregory - Director
- David Gregory - Writer
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