The Island of Dr. Moreau (Blu-ray) PG
A tropical paradise, untouched by man... where a bizarre civilization exists.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 23, 2015
- Originally Released: 1977
- Label: KL Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Burt Lancaster & Michael York | |
| Performer: | Barbara Carrera, Nigel Davenport, Richard Basehart, Nick Cravat, Fumio Demura & David Cass | |
| Directed by | Don Taylor | |
| Edited by | Marion Rothman | |
| Screenplay by | Al Ramrus & John Herman Shaner | |
| Original story by | H.G. Wells | |
| Composition by | Laurence Rosenthal | |
| Produced by | John Temple-Smith & Skip Steloff | |
| Director of Photography: | Gerry Fisher | |
| Executive Production by | Samuel Z. Arkoff & Sandy Howard |
Entertainment Reviews:
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40%
It scared the hell out of me and I loved it.
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Los Angeles Free Press
...A Saturday night movie that needn't be ashamed to come out the rest of the week....[Carrera is] a sacred mystery of life all by herself.
New York Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
feels more like a made-for-television film than a theatrical feature, despite the lush widescreen cinematography and relatively large-scale action sequences,
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Q Network Film Desk
A couple of unnecessary narrative additions aside, The Island of Doctor Moreau is a well-made adaptation of an important sci-fi novel.
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Starburst
This adaptation features moments that are truly unsettling, which is one of the few achievements of this type of cinema. Burt Lancaster is convincing in his role of the complex Dr. Moreau. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Rating: 3/5 --
goofy but entertaining
Shadows on the Wall
Rating: 4/5 --
There are some really strong performances here and an amazing setting; I think what lets this version down is the element of transformation that has proven troublesome for all the film versions of The Island of Dr. Moreau.
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Den of Geek
Product Description:
Lancaster gives a memorable performance as the demented Doctor Moreau who performs bizarre genetic experiments on animals--turning them into man-beasts known as humanimals. His experiments continue uninterrupted until a mariner named Braddock shipwrecks on Moreau's island. Shocked by the immoral nature of Moreau's work, Braddock tries to stop the mad Doctor but finds that he has an army of humanimals to reckon with first. Based on H.G. Wells' 1896 novel.
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