Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
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2014
1h 38m
6.7(117 votes)
Documentary

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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41 members
Directing

Richard Stanley

Self

Richard Stanley
Directing

Kier-La Janisse

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Kier-La Janisse
Acting

Michael Gingold

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Michael Gingold
Camera

Graham Humphreys

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Production

Edward R. Pressman

Self

Edward R. Pressman
Production

Robert Shaye

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Robert Shaye
Directing

Tim Sullivan

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Tim Sullivan
Production

Tim Zinnemann

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Acting

Fairuza Balk

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Fairuza Balk
Costume & Make-Up

Bruce Spaulding Fuller

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Marco Hofschneider

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Marco Hofschneider
Acting

Rob Morrow

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Rob Morrow
Art

Graham 'Grace' Walker

Self

Graham 'Grace' Walker
Acting

Fiona Mahl

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Neil Young

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Crew

David Grasso

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Acting

Peter Elliott

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David Hudson

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Hugh 'Lewis' Dickson

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Oliver Dickson

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James Sbardellati

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Camera

Jack Wareham

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Costume & Make-Up

Paul Katte

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Costume & Make-Up

Nick Nicolaou

Self

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Acting

Cheyenne Brando

Self (archive footage)

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Acting

Marlon Brando

Self (archive footage)

Marlon Brando
Writing

Joseph Conrad

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Conrad
Production

John DeLuca

Self (archive footage)

John DeLuca
Directing

Stephen Earnhart

Self (archive footage)

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John Frankenheimer

Self (archive footage)

John Frankenheimer
Acting

Val Kilmer

Self (archive footage)

Val Kilmer
Acting

Burt Lancaster

Self (archive footage)

Burt Lancaster
Acting

Charles Laughton

Self (archive footage)

Charles Laughton
Acting

Henry Morton Stanley

Self (archive footage)

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Acting

Ron Perlman

Self (archive footage)

Ron Perlman
Directing

Roman Polanski

Self (archive footage)

Roman Polanski
Acting

Jürgen Prochnow

Self (archive footage)

Jürgen Prochnow
Acting

Barbara Steele

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Steele
Production

Ruth Vitale

Self (archive footage)

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H. G. Wells

Self (archive footage)

H. G. Wells
Acting

James Woods

Self (archive footage)

James Woods

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