Waltzing with Brando

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Waltzing with Brando
Directed by Bill Fishman
Screenplay byBill Fishman
Based onWaltzing with Brando: Planning a Paradise in Tahiti by Bernard Judge
Produced by
Starring
  • Billy Zane
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Waltzing with Brando is an upcoming biopic directed by Bill Fishman starring Billy Zane.

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Premise

The film is reportedly set primarily from 1969 and 1974, during which Marlon Brando was preparing to star in The Godfather and Last Tango in Paris whilst making plans with Bernard Judge to create a paradise getaway on Tahiti. [1]

Cast

Production

The film is written and directed by Bill Fishman and adapted from the memoir Waltzing with Brando: Planning a Paradise in Tahiti by Bernard Judge. [2] The film is produced by Fishman, Billy Zane, who also stars, and Dean Bloxom. Principal photography took place mainly in Tetiaroa, where Marlon Brando and Judge tried to introduce sustainable architecture and practices. [3]

Billy Zane was interviewed about playing the role of Marlon Brando in the film in January 2019 and described how he was not previously "aware of his passion for environmental rights, which was so prescient and so timely" and that he "wanted to celebrate the man for being a forward-thinker" and that he was "interested in teaching people about him in a way that they’re not familiar while still mining the drama”. [4]

The New York Post reported that the producers were at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024 looking for a buyer for the film. [5]

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