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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

2014Movie⏱️ 1h 37mNot Rated
DocumentaryAdventure
7.4
IMDB Rating
4,761 votes

A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).

Director
David Gregory
Writers
N/A
Stars
Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold
Release Date
November 6, 2015
Language
English
Country
United States
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Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 34
Reviews
📋 6.5K
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🎭 Top Cast

Richard Stanley
Richard Stanley
as Self - Director
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Kier-La Janisse
as Self - Film Writer
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Michael Gingold
as Self - Fangoria Magazine
Graham Humphreys
Graham Humphreys
as Self - Concept Designer
Edward R. Pressman
Edward R. Pressman
as Self - Producer
Robert Shaye
Robert Shaye
as Self - President, New Line Cinema
Tim Sullivan
Tim Sullivan
as Self - Script Reader, New Line Cinema
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Tim Zinnemann
as Self - Executive Producer
Fairuza Balk
Fairuza Balk
as Self - Actress
Bruce Spaulding Fuller
Bruce Spaulding Fuller
as Self - Special Makeup Effects Artist, Stan Winston Studios

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.78 : 1
Color
Color
Production
Severin Films

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⭐ Featured Review

Terrific Documentary About a Trainwreck of a Production
by Michael_Elliott2015-03-08

"Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) **** (out of 4) If you watch enough movies, eventually you're going to see something that takes you by complete surprise. You can hear about how bad or crazy a movie is but there are certain examples that just stick in your mind because once you've seen the movie in question you realize that you really have seen something that's so bad that you have to sit there for days if not weeks wondering how it went so wrong. That happened to me in 1996 when I walked out of THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU. Bei..."

💡 Did You Know?

When being interviewed on a podcast, Ron Perlman said that he declined being part of this documentary because he didn't want to say anything negative because he didn't know everything that happened between the fallout between Richard Stanley and New Line. He did say that for the short amount of time that they had, he loved working with Stanley and wished that he could've stayed on the project.

📖 Synopsis

A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).