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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
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Release Date:
23 August 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
Through DNA experimentation Dr. Moreau has upset the balance of nature. By turning animals into humans, he's turned heaven into hell. more
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After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that it's inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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7 nominations
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(5 articles)
Richard Stanley, I presume? An interview with the director of Hardware...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Thewlis | ... | Edward Douglas |
 | Fairuza Balk | ... | Aissa |
 | Ron Perlman | ... | Sayer of the Law |
 | Marlon Brando | ... | Dr. Moreau |
 | Val Kilmer | ... | Montgomery |
 | Marco Hofschneider | ... | M'Ling |
 | Temuera Morrison | ... | Azazello |
 | William Hootkins | ... | Kiril |
| Daniel Rigney | ... | Hyena-Swine |
| Nelson de la Rosa | ... | Majai |
 | Peter Elliott | ... | Assassimon |
 | Mark Dacascos | ... | Lo-Mai |
| Miguel López | ... | Waggdi |
| Neil Young | ... | Boar Man |
| David Hudson | ... | Bison Man |
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Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence, horror and gore involving mutant creatures.
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96 min | USA:99 min (director's cut)
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Argentina:13 |
Peru:14 |
Iceland:16 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #34098) |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KT |
Brazil:12 |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:16 (w) |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
UK:12 |
USA:Unrated (director's cut)
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John Frankenheimer was tapped to take over as director by New Line Cinema after Richard Stanley was fired after four days of shooting.
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Continuity: When Edward Douglas is rescued from the life-raft the shadows in the life-raft seem to indicate a different time than would be indicated by the position of the sun behind the rescuing boat. In fact if, as is implied, he can see the rescuing boat, the sun is in two completely different positions in the sky.
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Dr. Moreau:
I have almost achieved perfection you see, of a divine creature that is pure, harmonious, absolutely incapable of any malice. And if in my tinkering I have fallen short of the human form by the snout, claw or hoof, it really is of no great importance. I am closer that you could possibly imagine sir.
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Spoofed in "Pinky and the Brain: Brainwashed: Part 3: Wash Harder (#4.5)" (1998)
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Night Bird
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H.G. Wells would punch John Frankenheimer right in the mouth if he could see this Godawful adaptation of his novel. Poorly designed and beyond daft, this wastes the interesting premise and settles instead for hammy performances, lousy make-up and Val Kilmer. True, there's a speck of entertainment value to be scraped from Marlon Brando and David Thewlis, although their performances both belong in a different film. Those two aside, there's nothing good to be said about the movie. Any pretence it has to being thought provoking or intelligent dissolves within the first five minutes, and before long the whole thing has descended into an over-baked mess of shoddy CG effects, heavy-handed direction and a near delirious tone. What should have been a dark horror about the dangers and moral implications of genetic engineering is instead – well, let's not mince words, it's a piece of shite.