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Iguana is a american film of genre Drama directed by Monte Hellman released in USA on 1 january 1989 with Everett McGill
Iguana (1989)
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Add to a movie listIguana is a 1988 film directed by Monte Hellman. The movie is based on the titular novel by Spanish novellist Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa, itself based on a real Irish sailor called Patrick Watkins. The movie was mainly shot on location in Lanzarote. Monte Hellman won Bastone Bianco Award (Special Mention) for this movie on the Venice Film Festival in 1988. Iguana premiered in theaters on April 1, 1988 and was released on DVD on March 28, 2003.
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In the 19th century, a bizarrely disfigured harpooner named Iguana Oberlus (Everett McGill), suffers abuse from peer sailors on board of a whaling vessel. One night he escapes and continues to live on a remote island of the Galápagos Islands. There, he proclaims himself the ruler of the island and declares war on humanity. Anyone who happens to find himself on the island faces the cruel tyranny of Iguana. He enslaves shipwrecked sailors, and Carmen (Maru Valdivielso) is forced to become his mistress.Actors
Everett McGill
(Oberlus)
Fabio Testi
(Gamboa)
Michael Madsen
(Sebastián)
Jack Taylor
(Captain 'Old Lady II')
Joseph Culp
(Dominique)
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