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- Rated: PG
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 17 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 8, 2004
- Originally Released: 1983
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Christopher Lambert, Ian Holm & Ralph Richardson | |
Performer: | James Fox, Andie MacDowell, Nigel Davenport, Richard Griffiths, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Cheryl Campbell, Paul Geoffrey, Hilton McRae & David Suchet | |
Directed by | Hugh Hudson | |
Edited by | Anne V. Coates | |
Screenwriting by | Robert Towne & Michael Austin | |
Composition by | John Scott | |
Cinematography by | John Alcott |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/4 --
...Oftentimes punishingly stately
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Film Freak Central
Rating: 3/4 --
Hugh Hudson has fashioned a visually resplendent film that, while perhaps a bit too rigid to offer the proper degree of high adventure synonymous with the Tarzan trademark, contains no small measure of compelling sequences and strong performances.
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Creative Loafing
The beauty with which John Alcott photographs the African natural landscapes and the extraordinary personality displayed by John Scott in the composition of the soundtrack that makes the film stay in the cinematic memory. [Full Review in Spanish]
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Espinof
Rating: B- --
For all its flaws, Greystoke is still better than the romanticized live-action versions of Tarzan that Hollywood has produced.
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Family Home Theater
...[A] most unexpected, most invigorating surprise...[Lambert] is remarkably believable and affecting...
New York Times
Included in The New York Times 10 BEST FILMS OF 1984
New York Times
Rating: B+ --
As long as they stay in the jungle, this Tarzan may be one of the very best versions of the character you're likely to see.
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Mania.com
Product 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 of in the trees of the African jungle proves daunting for the struggling student of British formality, but he is protected by his loving and eccentric grandfather. Jane continues to teach him about life in British society and before long has captivated John, who must learn how to deal with the strong emotions of human love. John and Jane begin their courtship despite the disapproval of British high society and are eventually engaged to be married. In the wake of family tragedy, John is forced to face his responsibility to the Greystoke family, but he is unable to reconcile his mounting distaste for modern civilization. Ultimately, he finds himself torn between his animal and human families and is forced to make a profound decision about his future. Director Hugh Hudson's film features astounding special effects makeup (courtesy of Rick Baker) and beautiful photography of the remote jungles of Cameroon and the British countryside.
Keywords:
Adventure
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Wilderness
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Love Story
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Personal Triumph
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Jungle
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Period Piece
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- UPC: 085391137528
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