The Island of Dr. Moreau

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The Island of Dr. Moreau is a 1996 film, the third major movie version of the H. G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau, a science fiction horror story about a scientist who attempts to convert animals into people. The film stars Marlon Brando, features Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, David Thewlis and Ron Perlman, and was directed by John Frankenheimer. The screenplay was written by Walon Green and Ron Hutchinson. In the year 2010, Dr. Moreau has ... more
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Initial release date:

  • Aug 23, 1996

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PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 40 min

Estimated budget:

  • 40,000,000 (US$)

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Film

Directed by

John Frankenheimer

John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American filmmaker. He is known for making The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Birdman of Alcatraz (also 1962), The Train, (1964) and Seven Days in May (also 1964). Frankenheimer was born in Malba, Queens, New York, the son of Helen...

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  • 1 h 40 min

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  • 40,000,000

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Award-Winning Work

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Year Award Award Winner
  • 1996
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The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. When the novel was written in the late 19th century (1896), European society was absorbed with concerns about degeneration, and Britain's scientific community was engulfed by debates on animal vivisection. Interest...
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