The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) Movie Review

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, Richard Basehart

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Review Summaries

"Shipwrecked and adrift, Andrew Braddock (York) arrives at a tiny, uncharted island seemingly inhabited by Dr. Paul Moreau (Lancaster), an outcast geneticist; Montgomery, an alcoholic and sadistic hunter (Davenport); and Maria (Carrera), the beautiful ward of Dr. Moreau. Braddock hears strange noises on the island, and notices that Moreau's servants are very misshapen, rough, almost bestial. Braddock wants off the island immediately, but learns the next supply ship is not due for two years. Eventually, he realizes that Moreau has been experimenting with turning animals into humans, theoretically without any of the savagery. Of course, Moreau's experiments turn on him, and Braddock and Maria try to escape the island. "
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Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%

Character operated on/altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - object/animal made human

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - muscular (man)
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - sad
Ethnicity/Nationality - English/British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - white/grey
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavy
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - British

Main Adversary
Identity: - animal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th Century (1900-1950)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Water? Yes
Small Island? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie - fearful
Kinds of F/X - nasty human transformations
Is this movie based on a - book

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