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How did this get made: The Island of Dr. Moreau
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:17 pm
Was listening to this podcast yesterday and it was covering this movie. I remember watching it when it came out and thinking WTF??
Supposedly there is a documentary out now about the making of it. Gotta catch it to hear about the insanity on the set.
Link to story about what went on
Supposedly there is a documentary out now about the making of it. Gotta catch it to hear about the insanity on the set.
Link to story about what went on
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When emerging indie director Richard Stanley heard he might be thrown off the project during pre-production, he employed the help of a British warlock called Skip to help him convince Marlon Brando to fight for him. Which he believes worked. Stanley kept his place at the helm…for a little while.
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The fired Stanley retreated into the rainforest to lick his wounds. Then he came across some of the film’s new extras, and convinced them to sneak him onset. There, he covertly played a bulldog man in several scenes, without the producers ever realizing.
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Hofschneider’s screentime was further cut down because Brando became obsessed with the world’s smallest man, Nelson De La Rosa. So he insisted the script be revised, and with some Hofschneider’s scenes being given to De La Rosa
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At 27, De La Rosa was susceptible to Brando’s contagious ego. He started acting up too, lashing out (physically) at Hofschneider, and using his sister to translate pick-up lines to the female extras who described him as “very sexual.”
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:18 pm to Kingwood Tiger
the earlier version was better
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:24 pm to Kingwood Tiger
I saw this in theaters and I remember thinking it was super weird/creepy
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:26 pm to Kingwood Tiger
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At 27, De La Rosa was susceptible to Brando’s contagious ego. He started acting up too, lashing out (physically) at Hofschneider, and using his sister to translate pick-up lines to the female extras who described him as “very sexual.
this is hilarious
and this
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Brando refused to read the script or learn his lines. His assistant would read them to him via earpiece. He also wanted the script to be revised so he could be a dolphin in the end. Seriously.
This post was edited on 5/20/15 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:28 pm to Salmon
this is the movie where marlon brando wore an ice bucket all the time because "marlon brando and frick you", right?
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:40 pm to Kingwood Tiger
I liked the book back when I read it in college. The movie is poop though.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 1:42 pm to SlowFlowPro
Yes. It was a troll job of a movie by Brand. It was unintentional.comedy and ruined a decent story
Posted on 5/20/15 at 3:09 pm to Dr RC
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I liked the book back when I read it in college. The movie is poop though.
We had to read it in HS, and I remember liking the book well enough. But I remember the movie (if this is the same one...Val Kilmer IIRC?) being weird as frick.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 3:12 pm to CocomoLSU
yeah , kilmer was basically just a pot head.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 3:49 pm to Kingwood Tiger
Was the Michael York burt lancaster version any good?
Posted on 5/20/15 at 4:22 pm to Kingwood Tiger
The best version of this story was a Batman the animated series episode.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 4:26 pm to prplhze2000
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Was the Michael York burt lancaster version any good?
The problem was they just didn't spend the money on the makeup and other visual effects.
But Lancaster and York delivered great performances in the film.
It was 50 times the movie that 1996 abortion was, that's for sure. That's like bad acid.
The South Park guys obviously liked it:
This post was edited on 5/20/15 at 4:29 pm
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