Movie
Gorillas in the Mist
Overview
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-09-23
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, The Guber-Peters Company
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey
- Bryan Brown as Bob Campbell
- Julie Harris as Roz Carr
- John Omirah Miluwi as Sembagare
- Iain Cuthbertson as Dr. Louis Leakey
- Konstantin Aleksandrov as Claude Van Veeten
- Waigwa Wachira as Mukara
- Iain Glen as Brendan
- David Lansbury as Larry
- Maggie O'Neill as Kim
- Konga Mbandu as Rushemba
- Michael J. Reynolds as Howard Dowd
Crew
- Michael Apted - Director
- Anna Hamilton Phelan - Screenplay
- Anna Hamilton Phelan - Story
- Tab Murphy - Story
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