Documentary about David Lean's unfinished attempt of adapting Joseph Conrad's novel Nostromo.
Direction
Lean's meticulous storyboards that outlived him.
Production
$40 million budget, zero footage shot.
Writing
Christopher Hampton's unproduced screenplay finally sees light.
Director
Pedro González Bermúdez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steven Spielberg visited Lean on set of Ryan's Daughter just to beg him not to make Nostromo. Lean did not listen.
The documentary reveals Lean spent 8 years on pre-production—longer than his entire WWII service that inspired Bridge on the River Kwai.
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