Children of Mutiny on the Bounty film star plan to fulfil his hopes for his dream Pacific atoll
Marlon Brando would flee to the South Pacific idyll of Tetiaroa when the glare of the international spotlight became too much. Now, seven years after his death, his eight surviving children have united to build an eco-resort on the atoll in his honour, complete with a $150m (£90m) luxury hotel called "The Brando".
Construction has begun on an environmentally sensitive complex which the film star's friends and family believe he would have wanted for Tetiaroa, a 2.5 sq mile, 13-islet chain encircled by a coral reef, the name of which in translation implies its remoteness.
Brando leased Tetiaroa for $200,000, having fallen in love with the South Pacific and its people after filming Mutiny on the Bounty in 1962. He vowed to preserve it. "If I have my way," he said, "Tetiaroa will remain forever...
Marlon Brando would flee to the South Pacific idyll of Tetiaroa when the glare of the international spotlight became too much. Now, seven years after his death, his eight surviving children have united to build an eco-resort on the atoll in his honour, complete with a $150m (£90m) luxury hotel called "The Brando".
Construction has begun on an environmentally sensitive complex which the film star's friends and family believe he would have wanted for Tetiaroa, a 2.5 sq mile, 13-islet chain encircled by a coral reef, the name of which in translation implies its remoteness.
Brando leased Tetiaroa for $200,000, having fallen in love with the South Pacific and its people after filming Mutiny on the Bounty in 1962. He vowed to preserve it. "If I have my way," he said, "Tetiaroa will remain forever...
- 5/14/2011
- by Dalya Alberge
- The Guardian - Film News
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