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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014 · 98 min

A wry, absorbing autopsy of a cinematic disaster, mixing schadenfreude with genuine sympathy for a dreamer undone by chaos.

Directed by
David Gregory
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold
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.

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Directed by
David Gregory
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold
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  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
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  • art
  • obsession
  • power
  • betrayal
  • madness
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  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
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  • documentary
  • true story
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  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Humour6
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Romance0
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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
David Gregory
Written by
David Gregory
Starring
Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold, Graham Humphreys, Edward R. Pressman, Robert Shaye, Tim Sullivan, Tim Zinnemann
Music
Mark Raskin
Cinematography
Jim Kunz
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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