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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
6.4 / 10• 1984• 2h 23m•PG• English
AdventureDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Christopher Lambert
John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Lead
Andie MacDowell
Miss Jane Porter
Ralph Richardson
The Sixth Earl of Greystoke
Ian Holm
Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
James Fox
Lord Charles Esker
Cheryl Campbell
Lady Alice Clayton
Ian Charleson
Jeffson Brown
Nigel Davenport
Major Jack Downing
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hugh Hudson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
