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Waltzing with Brando

He left everything to feel something.

5.6(21)20251h 44m2

The story of how Marlon Brando plucked Bernard Judge, an obscure but idealistic Los Angeles architect from his stable existence and convinced him that he should build the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a tiny and uninhabitable Tahitian island.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • 1970s
  • architect
  • tahiti
  • hollywood
  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • philosophical
  • satirical
  • playful
  • inspirational
  • dramatic
  • witty
  • based on real person

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Behind the camera

Director

Bill Fishman

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NR19 Sept 2025
    • Digital / OTT4 Nov 2025
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereTorino Film Festival 30 Nov 2024

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Waltzing with Brando was released on 19 September 2025.

Audience reviews

2
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    Zeen_Atoms

    9/17/2025

    I recently sat down to screen Waltzing with Brando, a biographical film about Bernard Judge's friendship with Marlon Brando, with a heavy emphasis as to how their relationship came to be. I went in with the highest of expectations due to the involvement of Billy Zane, Tia Carrere, Richard Dreyfuss, and Jon Heder. What joy to not only have those expectations met, but surpassed. The storytelling flavor feels like…

  • B

    Brent Marchant

    5/15/2026

    4/10

    Films about celluloid icons during interesting or unusual periods in their personal and professional lives can make for great viewing. Of course, much depends on the quality, nature and depth of the source material for their stories. But, unfortunately, that’s where the latest offering from writer-director Bill Fishman – a comedic memoir about a legendary actor – comes up short. In the second half of the 20th Century…

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