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 |
Canadian Film Development Corporation Fred Baker Films |
| Distributed by |
Fred Baker Films International Film Exchange |
Release dates |
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| Language | English |
Tanya's Island is a 1980 Canadian-American fantasy film directed by Alfred Sole and starring Vanity 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, which comes true. The only other being on her island is an enormous blue-eyed man-ape (performed by Don McLeod and voiced by Donny Burns) who was born 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 this monster and put it in a cage.