Tanya's Island

Tanya's Island
Directed by Alfred Sole
Produced by Pierre Brousseau
Written by Pierre Brousseau
Starring Vanity
Richard Sargent
Music by Jean Musy
Cinematography Mark Irwin
Edited by Andrew Henderson
Michael MacLaverty
Production
company
Distributed by Fred Baker Films
International Film Exchange
Release dates
  • December 5, 1980 (1980-12-05)
Language English

Tanya's Island is a 1980 Canadian-American fantasy film directed by Alfred Sole.[1] It stars Denise "Vanity" Matthews as a young woman caught up in a love-triangle with her aggressive boyfriend and a wild ape-man on an imaginary tropical island. Vanity made this film using the alias "D.D. Winters." The ape-suit was created by Rick Baker and Rob Bottin, with special effects contributions from Steve Johnson.

Plot

Tanya (Vanity) is a female model who lives with her boyfriend Lobo (Richard Sargent), a surrealist painter who is extremely violent. Subjected to Lobo's constant abuse, Tanya dreams of escaping to a desert island, and her dream comes true. The only other person on her island is an enormous blue-eyed man-ape (played by Don McLeod and voiced by Donny Burns) who emerged from one of Lobo's paintings. Tanya befriends the beast and nicknames him "Blue." Soon she begins to feels a strange attraction to the creature, which makes Lobo increasingly jealous in the real world. He becomes determined to capture the man-ape and put it in a cage.

Cast

References

  1. "Tanya's Island". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
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