Sloane (1986) - Full Film

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This long lost film from the late 80's exists nowhere on the web, isn't on DVD, never plays on TV, and is hard to find even on VHS. The film has a reputation of being a bomb, but also for being one of the most insane productions in the history of film. Directed by Dan Rosenthal (who would later work on The Grey, Pillars of the Earth, and other quality productions), this film had a much larger budget than appears on camera, and was an attempt to turn then model/karate guy Robert Resnick who had been on Dukes of Hazard into a movie star. But one thing after another lead to this film's disaster reputation. First, the production was plagued with heavy partying, 1980's style, followed by internal strife, and chaos. The original director (Richard Belding) was fired and fled the set for South Africa, and Rosenthal was forced to pick up the mantle. Much of the film was shot in the Philippines, and trying to get "realism" by grabbing footage of rebels, the crew was actually shot at by a guerrilla army in the process. The cast and crew soon after had their passports confiscated by a government military group. During this time lead actress Debra Blee attempted to flee the country with writer Aubrey Rattan who came to set to help supervise why the production was going so over budget. The crew was able to intercept their departure at the Manila airport and force her back to the set to finish the film. While this was going on, some of the set was sabotaged, a grip truck was stolen (then found, with the main tripod forever missing) causing further delays. The crew was also faced with a very high heat and humidity wave and ran out of sunscreen in the field, leaving many crew and cast members critically sunburnt. When the film was finally completed, it essentially bombed at the box office, and was quickly written off as a multi-million dollar loss.

Sloane (1986) - Full Film

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• published: 14 Nov 2012
• views: 793606

This long lost film from the late 80's exists nowhere on the web, isn't on DVD, never plays on TV, and is hard to find even on VHS. The film has a reputation of being a bomb, but also for being one of the most insane productions in the history of film. Directed by Dan Rosenthal (who would later work on The Grey, Pillars of the Earth, and other quality productions), this film had a much larger budget than appears on camera, and was an attempt to turn then model/karate guy Robert Resnick who had been on Dukes of Hazard into a movie star. But one thing after another lead to this film's disaster reputation. First, the production was plagued with heavy partying, 1980's style, followed by internal strife, and chaos. The original director (Richard Belding) was fired and fled the set for South Africa, and Rosenthal was forced to pick up the mantle. Much of the film was shot in the Philippines, and trying to get "realism" by grabbing footage of rebels, the crew was actually shot at by a guerrilla army in the process. The cast and crew soon after had their passports confiscated by a government military group. During this time lead actress Debra Blee attempted to flee the country with writer Aubrey Rattan who came to set to help supervise why the production was going so over budget. The crew was able to intercept their departure at the Manila airport and force her back to the set to finish the film. While this was going on, some of the set was sabotaged, a grip truck was stolen (then found, with the main tripod forever missing) causing further delays. The crew was also faced with a very high heat and humidity wave and ran out of sunscreen in the field, leaving many crew and cast members critically sunburnt. When the film was finally completed, it essentially bombed at the box office, and was quickly written off as a multi-million dollar loss.