The story of how Marlon Brando (Billy Zane) 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.

Set primarily between 1969 and 1974, a period during which Brando was preparing to star in "The Godfather" and "Last Tango in Paris", the film will show Brando's interaction with Judge as they spend time together on the island and work up plans for a paradise getaway far from the public glare at a time when the actor was one of the most famous people on the planet.