Movie
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Overview
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
Details
- Release date
- 1984-03-30
- Runtime
- 143 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures, WEA Records
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Christopher Lambert as John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Andie MacDowell as Miss Jane Porter
- Ralph Richardson as The Sixth Earl of Greystoke
- Ian Holm as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
- James Fox as Lord Charles Esker
- Cheryl Campbell as Lady Alice Clayton
- Ian Charleson as Jeffson Brown
- Nigel Davenport as Major Jack Downing
- Nicholas Farrell as Sir Hugh Belcher
- Richard Griffiths as Captain Billings
- Paul Geoffrey as Lord John Clayton
- Hilton McRae as Willy
Crew
- Hugh Hudson - Director
- Michael Austin - Screenplay
- Robert Towne - Screenplay
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