Fresh
It doesn't make for the strongest film, but it does work like a case of people swapping outrageous war stories over a few beers.
Alex McCown, AV Club
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014 · 1h 38m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
David Gregory
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
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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Gregory might have done a bit more to differentiate this more extensive investigation from those earlier pics' conventions. But the richness of the tale told here makes this competently packaged feature a keeper nonetheless.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
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