Failure Movies Part 2: Tigrero

Tigrero, A Film That Was Never Made.
from IMDB:
In 1993, Sam Fuller takes Jim Jarmusch on a trip into Brazil's Mato Grosso, up the River Araguaia to the village of Santa Isabel Do Morro, where 40 years before, Zanuck had sent Fuller to scout a location and write a script for a movie based on a tigrero, a jaguar hunter. Sam hopes to find people who remember him, and he takes film he shot in 1954. He's Rip Van Winkle, and, indeed, a great deal changed in the village. There are televisions, watches, and brick houses. But, the same Karajá culture awaits as well. He gathers the villagers to show his old film footage, and people recognize friends and relatives, thanking Fuller for momentarily bringing them back to life.

-my favorite part is where Fuller explains that the movie almost went under because he refused to include a romance between the lead characters (John Wayne & Ava Gardner). It didn't make sense to him so he held his ground. In the end the movie didn't go forward because it was too risky to insure the 3 movie stars working in the jungle.

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