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Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes (1984)
Released By: Warner Home Video   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Warner Home Video
Genre: Action-Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hugh Hudson
Language: English
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Cast: Andie MacDowell, Cheryl Campbell, Christopher Lambert, Ian Holm, James Fox, Ralph Richardson
Published ID: 438
UPC: 085391137528,
Plot: Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a reverent retelling of the Edgar Rice Burroughs original, with a 1980s-sensibilities slant. Shipwrecked on the coast of Africa, Lord Jack Clayton (Paul Geoffrey) and his pregnant wife Lady Alice (Cheryl Campbell) attempt to survive in the hostile environment, but both die shortly after the birth of their son John. Abandoned in the wilderness, the orphaned John is adopted by a family of rather highly evolved apes, and raised as one of their own. Years later, John-now known as Tarzan, and now played by Christopher Lambert-comes across a party of white hunters. Rescuing one of the intruders, Belgian Captain Phillipe D'Arnot (Ian Holm) from a horrible death , Tarzan is taught to speak English by the grateful D'Arnot. Coming across the remains and possessions of Tarzan's parents, D'Arnot discovers that the Lord of the Jungle is actually the Earl of Greystoke. Brought back to England, Tarzan is introduced to society, where his crude, apelike manners offend everyone--except the likeable (and painfully senile) 6th Lord of Greystoke (Ralph Richardson, in his final film role) and Greystoke's American ward, Jane Porter (Andie McDowell, whose Southern-fried voice is dubbed by Glenn Close). Disturbed at the notion of Tarzan's inheriting Greystoke manner, his more greedy relatives begin plotting against him. But it is Tarzan himself who decides that he cannot adapt himself to England-especially after a painful reunion with his ape foster father, imprisoned in a science-lab cage. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Tarzan lover a must
Added 10/18/2009

When I was 12 my first grown up novel was TArzan = then I read all of Greystoke books( his Mars series are very good also. I love how Lambert protrayed Tarzan-
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great film
Added 8/17/2009

This movie is worth if for the atmoshpere and sets alone. While at times it is drastically different than the book, it is still the closest any movie version of Tarzan has come to the real thing. I think someone involved must have read "Tarzan Alive a Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke." The Amazon reviewer obviously has no idea what he/she is talking about. Tarzan did come out of Africa with the Frenchman D'Arnot, and Tarzan's first spoken language was French. If Lambert has any French inflections in his speech, it works out perfectly.
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Lambert's Tarzan - A Classic
Added 7/4/2009

This version of the story of Tarzan should please every Tarzan fan. The actors are wonderful, the scenery and photography superb and the attention to detail with regards to how primates act is magnificent.
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Razor...mirror...
Added 6/17/2009

These are the first two words that John Clayton (Lambert) learns from the severely injured Capitaine D'Arnot (Holm) and both echo the worlds he finds himself; first in the jungle and then in England, each of these two worlds reflecting a merciless and dangerous nature. His loss of family: his ape mother and the banishment of his ape father, then coming to grips with his humanness, his life in England, society's inhumanity and again experiencing loss of family at the death of his grandfather gradually shapes his understanding. For me what is most telling is Tarzan's encounter of the slaughtered and stuffed apes at the Darwinism museum along with finding imprisoned there his Ape father who cared for him and then in releasing him to see how "Civilization" treats this creature he knew and loved. I wish here Lambert would have been given more English lines than resorting to animal mimicry to express his anger to Sir Evelyn (Wells) as it would seem more logical to express his frustration in a tongue that society would have understood and how that society is not much different and perhaps even more jungle-like than the real jungle. I would have loved to have seen a sequel with Lambert and MacDowell living part of the time at their jungle estate and part of the time at Greystoke Manor, along with son Jack who would eventually call himself Korak, but perhaps the film was better left as a single entry into the Tarzan saga.
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VERY PLEASED
Added 5/27/2009

I saw this movie when I was in junior high and thought I would share it with my children. I thought it was going to be difficult to find it. I found the movie so quick at Amazon. I am also very satisfied with the quality of the movie. THANK YOU, AMAZON.COM
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Tarzan lover a must
Added 10/18/2009

When I was 12 my first grown up novel was TArzan = then I read all of Greystoke books( his Mars series are very good also. I love how Lambert protrayed Tarzan-
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
great film
Added 8/17/2009

This movie is worth if for the atmoshpere and sets alone. While at times it is drastically different than the book, it is still the closest any movie version of Tarzan has come to the real thing. I think someone involved must have read "Tarzan Alive a Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke." The Amazon reviewer obviously has no idea what he/she is talking about. Tarzan did come out of Africa with the Frenchman D'Arnot, and Tarzan's first spoken language was French. If Lambert has any French inflections in his speech, it works out perfectly.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Lambert's Tarzan - A Classic
Added 7/4/2009

This version of the story of Tarzan should please every Tarzan fan. The actors are wonderful, the scenery and photography superb and the attention to detail with regards to how primates act is magnificent.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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