Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” poster
Director David Gregory

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

Release Date: 2014-08-24

Duration: 98 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • James Woods
    Self (archive footage)
  • Ron Perlman
    Self (archive footage)
  • Val Kilmer
    Self (archive footage)
  • Marlon Brando
    Self (archive footage)
  • Fairuza Balk
    Self
  • Roman Polanski
    Self (archive footage)
  • Jürgen Prochnow
    Self (archive footage)
  • Burt Lancaster
    Self (archive footage)
  • Charles Laughton
    Self (archive footage)
  • H.G. Wells
    Self (archive footage)