Tanya's Island
| Tanya's Island | |
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Canadian Film Development Corporation Fred Baker Films | |
| Distributed by | Fred Baker Films International Film Exchange |
Release date |
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| Countries | United States Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million[1] |
Tanya's Island is a 1980 Canadian-American
Plot
Tanya is a female model in
Cast
- Vanity as Tanya (credited as D.D. Winters)
- Richard Sargent as Lobo
- Mariette Lévesque as Kelly
- Don McLeod as Blue (credited as Don McCloud)
- Donny Burns as Blue's Voice
Production
Mick Garris and Alfred Sole had written the screenplay together, but their work on the final film went uncredited as producer Pierre Brousseau who came up with the initial idea changed the script notably making Blue more threatening and less sympathetic than in the initial draft.[1][3] When Sole and Brousseau approached Rick Baker about doing the creature effects, the two envisioned a standard gorilla design but Baker only agreed to do the creature work if he was given free reign on the design.[3] As Baker wanted to create something new and exotic, he opted for a mixture of baboon and orangutan which he nicknamed a "Boom-Orang."[3] As Baker had to leave due to commitments on The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Baker's designs were entrusted to Rob Bottin.[3]
References
- ^ a b Fox, Jordan R. (1979). "Tanya's Island". Cinefantastique. p. 35. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "Tanya's Island". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Fox, Jordan R. (1979). "Tanya's Island". Cinefantastique. p. 35. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
External links
- Tanya's Island at IMDb
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