Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

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Directed by

Hugh Hudson

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Ralph Richardson
The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

Ian Holm
Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot

James Fox
Lord Charles Esker

Christopher Lambert
John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Andie MacDowell
Miss Jane Porter

Cheryl Campbell
Lady Alice Clayton

Ian Charleson
Jeffson Brown

Nigel Davenport
Major Jack Downing

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Edgar Rice Burroughs

Robert Towne
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A very good movie

9 years, 11 months ago at Dec 25 9:43

johanlefourbe

For as long as I can remember, Christopher Lamber has been laughed about in France. I don’t really remember when it started exactly (probably when he showed up in all those terrible B movies) or if they have the same perception of him abroad but we usually tend to forget that the guy had a pretty terrific start with his career. Indeed, this movie was his first English-speaking role and I thought... read more

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Description: GREYSTOKE is a spellbinding screen version of Edgar Rice Burroughs's 1914 classic tale. Tarzan (Christopher Lambert), the seventh Earl of Greystoke, is raised by a family of apes after he is lost as a child in the jungles of Africa. Captain Phillipe D'Arnot (Ian Holm), a Belgian explorer, discovers the adult Tarzan, now lord of the apes, and reintroduces him to the English language and to the British aristocracy. Tarzan becomes John Clayton and is taken to meet his elderly grandfather, the sixth Earl of Greystoke (Ralph Richardson), and his beautiful American ward, Jane Porter (Andie MacDowell). Living in a grand estate instead ... (more)

Release date: 30 March 1984
UPC: 085391137528

Tags: 1984 (13), Drama (11), Action (7), Romance (6), Adventure (6), Africa (5), Jungle (5), Based On Novel (4), Ape (4), Tarzan (4), 1980s (3), Injury (3), 1910s (2), Language Learning (2), Animal Attack (2), Victorian Era (2), Pregnant (2), Shaving (2), Tree House (2), Chief (2)

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" In 1886, following a shipwreck off the west coast of Africa, an infant child became part of a family of apes who raised and protected him. As he grew, he learned the laws of the Jungle and eventually claimed the title, Lord of the Apes. Yet, years later, when he was returned to civilization, he would remain uncertain as to which laws he should obey . . . Those of man . . . Or those of the jungle. The film, featured a earlier performance by Richard Griffiths, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarza"

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