Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984 · 2h 23m

3Noms

Directed by Hugh Hudson

Synopsis

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.

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Details

Released
30 March 1984
Runtime
2h 23m
Director
Hugh Hudson
Writers
Michael Austin, Robert Towne
Box office
$45,858,563
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English
Production
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Warner Bros. Pictures, WEA Records

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Cast

  • Christopher Lambert
  • Andie MacDowell
  • Ralph Richardson
  • Ian Holm
  • James Fox
  • Cheryl Campbell
  • Ian Charleson
  • Nigel Davenport
  • Nicholas Farrell
  • Richard Griffiths