Thus, the film took like as an independent production with Depp fully in charge – and that’s where things went very wrong. Depp also invested his own money into the endeavor to cover cost overruns. No Hollywood studio would agree to Depp’s demands, but that ultimately did not matter because the production was funded via advanced international theatrical sales. Although Depp had never directed before, he insisted on having the right to the final cut on the film. The project was then shopped to Johnny Depp, who was enjoying a degree of critical and commercial favor thanks to films including “Ed Wood” and “Don Juan de Marco.” Depp was not initially enthused with “The Brave” – he later told the Los Angeles Times that he “didn’t particularly like it” – but he agreed to become involved if he could rewrite the screenplay (with his brother D.P.
Based solely on the scandal surrounding Ghazal’s fatal breakdown, Touchstone abruptly jettisoned “The Brave” from its line-up. However, prior to the pre-production phase, Ghazal murdered his wife and 13-year-old daughter before killing himself.
Based on a grim novel by Gregory McDonald (who is best known for the lighthearted “Fletch” series of novels), “The Brave” was originally planned as a Touchstone offering in 1993 under the guidance of first-time director Aziz Ghazal. The flick in question is “The Brave,” and it is one of those productions that seemed to operate under a constant dark cloud. Back in 1997, Depp took a detour down tribal roads as both the leading man and the director of a bizarre mess about an impoverished Indian who sacrifices his life to save his struggling family – by agreeing to receive $50,000 as the star of a snuff film. However, this was not the first time that Depp played an Indian in a cinematic debacle. The biggest flop of this year’s summer movie harvest was “The Lone Ranger,” and many experts blamed its failure on the casting of Johnny Depp as the Indian brave Tonto. REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: The star-director will not allow the film to be released in the U.S.ĬHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: It doesn’t seem likely. LAST SEEN: The full film is on YouTube in an unauthorized posting. BOOTLEG FILES 496: “The Brave” (1997 feature directed by and starring Johnny Depp).
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