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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)

08/24/2014 Documentary 1h 38m
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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.

David Gregory

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Richard Stanley

Richard Stanley

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Kier-La Janisse

Kier-La Janisse

Self

Michael Gingold

Michael Gingold

Self

Graham Humphreys

Graham Humphreys

Self

Edward R. Pressman

Edward R. Pressman

Self

Robert Shaye

Robert Shaye

Self

Tim Sullivan

Tim Sullivan

Self

Tim Zinnemann

Tim Zinnemann

Self

Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Balk

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Trailer de Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (HD)

Trailer de Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (HD)

AFS Presents: LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY'S ISLAND OF DR MOREAU

AFS Presents: LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY'S ISLAND OF DR MOREAU

Lost Soul - The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's The Island of Dr. Moreau | BIFFF 2015

Lost Soul - The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's The Island of Dr. Moreau | BIFFF 2015

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on February 16, 2020

***Account of the troubled production is far more compelling than the movie***

The making of the 1996 version of "The Island of Dr. Moreau" was such a disaster that articles, books and documentaries have been made about it, like this 2014 documentary "Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau." Stanley championed the film, wrote the screenplay and was set to direct, but was fired after a few days of shooting after conflicts with Val Kilmer, who wasn't in the best of moods due to being served divorce papers while on set.

Actually that wasn’t the main reason Stanley was fired. He was fine for small indie productions, but he was out of his league with a blockbuster like this. In his defense, the movie didn’t start as a blockbuster, but simply a few not...

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