--- description: A documentary filmmaker has been given access to more than 200 hours of audio tapes made by Hollywood legend Marlon Brando. title: New Marlon Brando Audio Tapes Revealed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Previously Unreleased Marlon Brando Audio Recordings Used in New Film by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 22, 2015 7:07 AM CUT by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 22, 2015 7:07 AM CUT A documentary filmmaker has created a new biopic [using](https://deadline.com/2015/01/listen-to-me-marlon-brando-sundance-video-1201355110/ "undefined") more than 200 hours of audio tapes made by Hollywood legend Marlon Brando. The personal archive was formed during the course of Brando’s life and includes the actor’s thoughts and insights on acting and the wider world that have never been heard before, Deadline reports. The recordings feature in the new movie _Listen to Me Marlon_, created by filmmaker Stevan Riley (_Fire in Babylon_), which will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the Worlds Cinema Documentary category on Saturday. _Listen to Me Marlon_ was produced by John Battesk (_Searching for Sugarman_), George Chignell (_Ali_) and R.J. Cutler (_The World According to Dick Cheney)._ It will be aired on Showtime after its debut in Park City, Utah. \[[_Deadline_](https://deadline.com/2015/01/listen-to-me-marlon-brando-sundance-video-1201355110/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3677842/marlon-brando-audio-recordings-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3677842/marlon-brando-audio-recordings-movie/"},"headline":"Previously Unreleased Marlon Brando Audio Recordings Used in New Film","datePublished":"2015-01-22T07:07:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:46:25.853Z","description":"The recordings feature in Listen to Me Marlon, which premieres at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday","url":"https://time.com/3677842/marlon-brando-audio-recordings-movie/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3677842/marlon-brando-audio-recordings-movie/","name":"Previously Unreleased Marlon Brando Audio Recordings Used in New Film"}}]}] ```