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Release Date
• USA: Aug 23, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 3, 1997
• R2: 27 Mar 2000
Budget $40,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence, horror and gore involving mutant creatures.
Running Time
1 hour, 36 minutes
Country USA
Studio New Line Cinema
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Other Titles
• The Island of Dr. Moreau
• D.N.A. - Experiment des Wahnsinns (1996)
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Genre: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mutants, Doctor, Suspense, Mad Scientists, Psychos, Monsters, Campy, Betrayal, Gore
Tagline: Through DNA experimentation Dr. Moreau has upset the balance of nature. By turning animals into humans, he's turned heaven into hell.
Plot: 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
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 Troubled production is rather muddled which probably has something to do with all the rewrites during filming. As is it's a feeble and confused mess.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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H.G. Wells
The Time Machine, The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds | |
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| Cast |
Fairuza Balk
American History X, Almost Famous, The Waterboy |
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 | Temuera Morrison
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Speed 2: Cruise Control |
 | Mark Dacascos
Brotherhood of the Wolf, Cradle 2 the Grave, Crying Freeman |
 | David Thewlis
Kingdom of Heaven, Dragonheart, Seven Years in Tibet | |
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