The Emerald Forest

Name: The Emerald Forest
Genre: Adventure
Released: TODO_MISSING
Rating: 83

1985, Adventure, 1h 53m

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American Bill Markham (Powers Boothe) has taken his family to the jungles of Brazil, where he has been hired to design a dam. Unexpectedly, a native tribe abducts his son, Tommy (Charley Boorman). Bill spends an entire decade looking for Tommy, only to discover that the boy has adopted the ways of the indigenous people he's been living with. Bill tries to convince his son to return to his family, but their reunion is interrupted when another group of natives attacks Tommy's tribe.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Adventure
Original Language:

English
Director:

John Boorman
Producer:

John Boorman, Michael Dryhurst
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 6, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA):

$24.0M
Runtime:

1h 53m
Sound Mix:

Surround