| Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, - Lord of the Apes (1984)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Christopher Lambert |
John Clayton/Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
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| Andie MacDowell |
Jane Porter
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| Ian Holm |
Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
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| Ralph Richardson |
Sixth Earl of Greystoke
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| James Fox |
Lord Charles Esker
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| Cheryl Campbell |
Lady Alice Clayton
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| Ian Charleson |
Jeffson Brown
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| Nigel Davenport |
Major Jack Downing
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| Nicholas Farrell |
Sir Hugh Belcher
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| Paul Geoffrey |
Lord John (Jack) Clayton
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| Richard Griffiths |
Captain Billings
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| Hilton McRae |
Willy
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| David Suchet |
Buller
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| John Wells |
Sir Evelyn Blount
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| Paul Brooke |
The Rev. Stimson
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Drama; Family; Romance |
| Director |
Hugh Hudson |
| Producer |
Stanley Canter; Hugh Hudson |
| Writer |
Michael Austin; Edgar Rice Burroughs; Robert Towne |
| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
137 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
5.9 |
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| Plot |
| One of those legendary missed opportunities, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a movie that should have been great but wound up the victim of conflicting egos and wrong-headed choices. Based on a screenplay by Robert Towne (who took his name off it when he wasn't allowed to direct) and directed by Hugh Hudson (riding high on the basis of Chariots of Fire), the film tried to rethink the Tarzan legend of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and boy, did it have to: By casting French-accented Christopher Lambert as Tarzan, the filmmakers had to transform his white-hunter mentor Ian Holm into a Frenchman to explain those inflections in Tarzan's monosyllabic speech. The film has some amazing jungle footage and a truly touching relationship between Tarzan and the apes--but it gets pretty silly when Tarzan gets to London and hooks up with Sir Ralph Richardson, as his grandfather. -?Marshall Fine |
| Personal Details |
| My Rating |
8 |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
374 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Price |
$16.95 |
| Links |
Amazon US
DVD Empire
IMDB
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| Edition Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
085391137528 |
| Release Date |
6/8/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen |
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