Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 4
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Release Date: Mar 30, 1984 Wide
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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
Mar 30, 1984 Wide
Jun 8, 2004
Warner Home Video
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Cast
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Ralph Richardson
Sixth Earl of Greystoke -
Ian Holm
Capt. Phillippe D'Arnot -
James Fox
Lord Esker -
Christopher Lambert
John Clayton/Tarzan -
Andie MacDowell
Miss Jane Porter -
Cheryl Campbell
Lady Alice Clayton -
Ian Charleson
Jeffson Brown -
Nigel Davenport
Maj. Jack Downing -
Nicholas Farrell
Sir Hugh Belcher -
Paul Geoffrey
Lord Jack Clayton -
Hilton McRae
Willy -
David Suchet
Buller/Prince Max Von H... -
John Wells
Sir Evelyn Blount -
Paul Brooke
Rev. Stimson -
Glenn Close
Miss Jane Porter -
David Enden
Captain -
Tristram Jellinek
White -
Roddy Maude-Roxby
Olivestone -
Andrea Miller
Governess -
Deep Roy
Primate Sequences -
Kiran Shah
Primate Sequences -
Philip Tan
Primate Sequences -
Mak Wilson
Figs Tarzan's Follower -
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Alisa Berk
Kala Primate Mother -
Harriet Thorpe
Iris -
Eric Langlois
Tarzan at Age 12 -
David Forman
Primate Sequences -
John Alexander
White Eyes Primate Lead... -
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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (4) | DVD (7)
Beautiful. A real view of an ape man clashing with the civilization.
vivid and involving
...a character study, pure and simple; a rather far-fetched character study, but about as close to Burroughs' basic intentions as we're likely to see on the big screen.
It's a different approach and will not satisfy viewers intent on seeing thrilling fights and derring-do.
...Oftentimes punishingly stately
A bit too rigid to offer the proper degree of high adventure synonymous with the Tarzan trademark yet full of memorable sequences and strong performances.
one of cinema's great disasters
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