Aug 24, 2014
98 min
Full-HD

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

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Severin Films

Richard Stanley

Self

Fairuza Balk

Self

Marco Hofschneider

Self

Kier-La Janisse

Self

Michael Gingold

Self

Graham Humphreys

Self

Edward R. Pressman

Self

Robert Shaye

Self

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