The Island of Dr. Moreau (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 24, 2012
- Originally Released: 1996
- Label: New Line Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Marlon Brando & Val Kilmer | |
Performer: | David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, Ron Perlman, Nelson de la Rosa, William Hootkins & Marco Hofschneider | |
Directed by | John Frankenheimer | |
Edited by | Paul Rubell | |
Screenwriting by | Richard Stanley & Ron Hutchinson | |
Composition by | Gary Chang | |
Produced by | Edward R. Pressman & Tim Zinnemann | |
Director of Photography: | William A. Fraker |
Entertainment Reviews:
Roughly akin to watching a slow-motion train wreck in which the flames spread into the brush and become an out-of-control wildfire. What the hell happened?
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Flavorwire
Rating: 1/4 --
There's the obese Brando pretending to be God while dressed in gauzy white robes like a demented pope
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Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Rating: 2/4 --
The movie keeps switching focus without ever getting its bearings, and when Brando exits earlier than expected, there's little but mayhem to fall back on.
USA Today
Brando's performance is enormous fun, but it's not just a joke. He's hilarious and gently mesmerizing at once, and director John Frankenheimer savvily adjusts the tone of his movie to fit Brando's daft brilliance.
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Newsweek
Rating: 3/5 --
An often fascinating mess, but a mess all the same.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Brando is showstoppingly bizarre. He isn't just phoning this one in, he's calling long-distance from Mars. -- Grade: B
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 4/5 --
Amazingly, Kilmer delivers an odder performance than Brando. Creepy retelling.
Your Movies (cleveland.com)
Product Description:
Marlon Brando stars as the scientist in the third adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. The archetypal mad scientist, the good doctor has been conducting a number of experiments in his remote island kingdom, producing a race of genetic mutants both man and beast in his quest to produce a superior creature. The mutants treat Moreau as a virtual god, carrying out his orders with blind obedience. To deal with the few rebels, the scientist has embedded electrodes under their skin through which he can induce a degree of pain sufficient for his purpose. A plane crash-lands on the island, and the only survivor, U.N. negotiator Edward Douglas (David Thewlis), is taken to Moreau's compound by the doctor's demented assistant, Montgomery (Val Kilmer), where he's soon imprisoned. Shocked by Moreau's experiments, Douglas desperately seeks escape but is badly outnumbered by the army of mutants. At length, the creatures discover how to remove the controlling devices from their bodies and attempt a rebellion, but it soon becomes clear that their collective intelligence was not increased by their physical transformation. This film became an instant camp classic, the result of a troubled production on which John Frankenheimer replaced the original director after only a day of shooting. The fine camerawork of veteran William Fraker stands out above all else.
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