Thu - Sat, June 11 - 13 / 9 pm
Thu, Jun 25 / 9 pm
Directed by David Gregory
2014, UK, 97 min
The outlandish rumors behind the making of the 1996 sci-fi/horror mish-mash The Island of Dr. Moreau are the stuff of legend: a brilliant director who, after being fired at the end of the first day of shooting, clandestinely sneaking back onto the set disguised as a “mutant animal” extra; actress Fairuza Balk fleeing across Australia to try and escape the scene and Marlon Brando insisting on appearing in whiteface and demanding that the world’s tiniest living human become his co-star. This new doc reveals how filmmaker Richard Stanley’s vision was blown to pieces by an unreal conflagration of epically bad decisions, torrential weather, giant battling egos, clueless studio suits and bizarre group behavior. A must-see for all fans of behind-the-scenes movie madness!
– CINEFAMILY
