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.… Read more
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
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Movie · Adventure · Drama · PG
1984 · 2h 23m · ★ 29% (32K)
Director: Hugh Hudson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson
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.
Director
Hugh Hudson
Production
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures, WEA Records
Cast
Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Charleson, Nigel Davenport, Nicholas Farrell, Richard Griffiths, Paul Geoffrey, Hilton McRae, David Suchet, Ravinder, John Wells, Paul Brooke, Tristram Jellinek, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Eric Langlois, Danny Potts