Disney’s Tarzan

Disney's Tarzan

1999

Disney’s Tarzan

  • Tarzan: Tony Goldwyn
  • Jane: Minnie Driver

      Plot

      Swing into action and adventure with Disney’s original classic, TARZAN, packed with fun-filled bonus features and award-winning music such as the memorable “You’ll Be In My Heart” and “Trashin’ The Camp.”

      Disney’s magnificent animated adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s story of the ape man begins deep within the jungle when baby Tarzan is adopted by a family of gorillas. Even though he is shunned as a “hairless wonder” by their leader, Tarzan is accepted by the gorillas and raised as one of their own. Together with his wisecracking ape buddy Terk and neurotic elephant pal Tantor, Tarzan learns how to “surf” and swing through the trees and survive in the animal kingdom. His “Two Worlds” collide with the arrival of humans, forcing Tarzan to choose between a “civilized” life with the beautiful Jane and the life he knows and loves with his gorilla family. Filled with humor, heart, and hilarious fun, TARZAN is an unforgettable adventure you’ll watch again and again.

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      Tarzan and the Lost City

      Tarzan and the Lost City

      1998

      Tarzan and the Lost City

      • Tarzan: Casper Van Dien
      • Jane: Jane March
      • Director: Carl Schenkel
      • Producer: Stanley S. Canter, Dieter Geissler, Michael Lake
      • Release Date: 1998
      • Run Time: 83 min
      • Language: English

      Plot

      In 1913, on the night before Jane Porter’s wedding to John Clayton (also known as Tarzan), her bridegroom receives a disturbing vision of his childhood homeland in peril. Much to Jane’s distress, Clayton leaves for Africa to help. The educated explorer Nigel Ravens is seeking the legendary city of Opar, to plunder its ancient treasures. But then Jane decides to follow her fiancé, and he must protect her while trying to stop Ravens and his men.

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      Tarzan: The Epic Adventures – Tarzan’s Return

      Tarzan: The Epic Adventures - Tarzan's Return

      1996

      Tarzan: The Epic Adventures – Tarzan’s Return

      • Tarzan: Joe Lara
      • Olga de coude: Lydie Denier
      • Producer: Henry Siegel, Paul Siegel
      • Release Date: August 28, 1996 – May 25, 1997
      • Run Time: 45 min

      Plot

      Tarzan: The Epic Adventures is a syndicated series that aired for one season (1996–1997). It focuses on the character of Tarzan in his early years, after his first exposure to civilization, but before his marriage to Jane Porter. The series uses much of the mythology of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ books as background material.

      This version of Tarzan was filmed in the Sun City resort in South Africa, making it one of the few Tarzan productions to actually film on that continent.[1]

      The character of Nicholas Rokoff, and the fact that Tarzan is not yet married, set this series in-between the two halves of The Return of Tarzan.

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      Tarzan In Manhattan

      Tarzan In Manhattan

      1989

      Tarzan In Manhattan

      • Tarzan: Joe Lara
      • Jane: Kim Crosby
      • Archie porter: Tony Curtis
      • B b brightmore: Jan Michael Vincent
      • Director: Michael Schultz
      • Producer: Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller, Gina Scheerer
      • Release Date: April 15, 1989
      • Run Time: 94 min
      • Language: English

      Plot

      Tarzan leaves Africa and goes to present-day New York City to seek vengeance for the murder of his Ape mother Kala, and to rescue Cheeta who was taken by hunters working for the Brightmore Foundation. Soon Tarzan discovers this supposed philanthropic organization is conducting illegal tests on animal brains in an effort to transfer the thoughts and knowledge of one creature to another, and he sets out to rescue the animals and expose Brightmore. He is aided by Jane Porter (a cab driver, played by Kim Crosby) and her father, Archimedes “Archie” Porter (Tony Curtis), a retired police officer, now the head of his own security agency.

      With Brightmore’s operations shut down, Jane joins her father’s security agency, and both talk Tarzan into coming onboard at minimum wage, but with all the bananas Cheeta can eat.

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      Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan

      Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan

      1984

      Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan

      • Tarzan: Christopher Lambert
      • Jane: Andie McDowell
      • Director: Hugh Hudson
      • Producer: Hugh Hudson, Stanley S. Canter, Garth Thomas
      • Release Date: March 30, 1984
      • Run Time: 143 min

      Plot

      The heir to the Earl of Greystoke (Paul Geoffrey) and his wife Alice (Cheryl Campbell) are marooned in Africa. Lady Greystoke gives birth to a son, then she dies and her husband is killed by an ape. Their infant son is adopted and reared by a family of chimpanzees as he grows up naked, wild, and free.

      At age 5, Tarzan (Danny Potts) tries to fit in with his ape family. When a black panther attacks, he manages to learn how to swim in order to evade it while another chimp was killed (humans can swim while great apes can’t).

      At age 12, Tarzan (Eric Langlois) discovers the tree-house in which he lived as a baby with his mother and father and finds there a wooden block, with pictures of both a man and a monkey (a chimpanzee) painted on it. It is there, after seeing himself in a mirror, that the physical difference between him and the rest of his ape “family” is discovered more fully. He later discovers a hunting knife and how it works. The objects fascinate the naked ape boy who carries them with him.

      Years pass and Tarzan (still naked, but now wearing a hunting belt to hold his hunting knife) becomes the dominant male of the ape group. He protects and shows love toward his adopted “mother”, “father” and siblings. He loses one of them to a bunch of natives where he kills one of them.

      Years later, a now half-naked Tarzan (Christopher Lambert) is found by Philippe D’Arnot (Ian Holm) who is injured by natives while exploring the surrounding jungle. Tarzan nurses him back to health and D’Arnot teaches him to speak some rudimentary English, albeit with a French accent. D’Arnot knows of the fate of Earl Greystoke and his wife and convinces “Jean” (the French version of John, the name of his father) as he calls him, to return to England with him to reunite with his family.

      On arrival at Greystoke, the family estate, Jean is welcomed by his Grandfather the Earl of Greystoke (Ralph Richardson in his last performance on film) and his ward, a young American woman called Jane (Andie MacDowell). The Earl is now elderly and has obviously suffered at the loss of his son and daughter-in-law years earlier, displaying eccentric behaviour and sometimes forgetting that John is not his grandson, but his son returned.

      John finds it difficult to be seen as anything but a novelty by the local social set and some of his behaviour is seen as being somewhat threatening and savage. He befriends a young mentally disabled worker on the estate and in his company is able to revert to the more natural physical manners that he was used to in Africa.

      Jane takes it upon herself to try to teach John more English, French and social skills (such as table manners and dancing) and the two become very close, making love one evening in secret.

      Lord Greystoke seems to enjoy renewed vigour at the return of his grandson and, reminiscing about his childhood game of using a silver tray as a toboggan to travel down the large flight of stairs in the grand house, does so again with disastrous consequences. He dies, apparently from a head injury, in the arms of his grandson, who displays similar emotion and lack of understanding about death as he does earlier in the story when his ape “mother ” was killed in Africa.

      John and Jane become engaged.

      At a visit to the National Museum in London John is very disturbed by the crude displays of stuffed animals that he recognises from his upbringing in Africa and, slipping into rooms behind the displays discovers his ape “father” in a cage, having been captured in Africa and brought to England.

      They immediately recognise one another and John breaks open the cage and escapes with his ape companion, releasing other caged animals as he does so, pursued by police and museum officials. They make it to a woodland park nearby but the ape is fatally shot and John is devastated to lose yet another whom he loves.

      His overall failure to assimilate to human society forces him to make the decision to return to Africa.

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      Tarzan, The Ape Man

      Tarzan, The Ape Man

      1982

      Tarzan, The Ape Man

      • Tarzan: Miles O’Keefe
      • Jane: Bo Derek

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          Tarzan’s Jungle Rebellion

          Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

          1970

          Tarzan’s Jungle Rebellion

          • Tarzan: Ron Ely
          • Mary: Ulla Stromstedt
          • Dr singleton: Sam Jaffe
            • Release Date: September 6, 1967
            • Run Time: 94 min
            • Language: English

            Plot

            Dr. Singleton, an archeologist, and his daughter Mary travel to Africa to search for an ancient artifact called The Blue Stone of Heaven. The legend is that this stone has the power to endow whoever stands to the right of it with godlike powers. Tarzan agrees to help Dr. Singleton and his daughter find the stone near the ancient pyramids. Once it is uncovered Colonel Tatakombi driven by the idea of being powerful uses the large blue statue to start a rebellion among the natives. He turns the natives against Tarzan and Tarzan is imprisoned but Mary, who has fallen in love with Tarzan, comes to his rescue with the help of Jai.

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            Tarzan’s Deadly Silence

            Tarzan's Deadly Silence

            1970

            Tarzan’s Deadly Silence

            • Tarzan: Ron Ely
            • The colonel, a villain: Jock Mahoney’
            • Director: Robert L. Friend
            • Producer: Sy Weintraub, Leon Benson
            • Release Date: 1970
            • Run Time: 88 min
            • Language: English

            Plot

            Tarzan loses his hearing after a bomb blast, and is hunted through the jungle by the ruthless Colonel.

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            Tarzan and the Jungle Boy

            Tarzan and the Jungle Boy

            1968

            Tarzan and the Jungle Boy

            • Tarzan: Mike Henry
            • Director: Robert Gordon
            • Producer: Sy Weintraub, Robert Day
            • Release Date: May 1968
            • Run Time: 99 min
            • Language: English

            Plot

            At home in Africa, Tarzan assists Myrna, a photojournalist, and Ken, her associate, in their search for Erik Brunik, a thirteen-year-old boy lost in the jungle since he was seven years old. Tarzan is assisted by his friend Buhara, whose brother Nagambi does not wish the boy found, and attempts to kill him before Tarzan saves the day.

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            Tarzan and the Great River

            Tarzan and the Great River

            1967

            Tarzan and the Great River

            • Tarzan: Mike Henry
            • Dr. ann philips: Diana Millay
            • Director: Robert Day
            • Producer: Sy Weintraub, Steve Shagan
            • Release Date: September, 1967
            • Run Time: 88 min
            • Language: English

            Plot

            Tarzan is called to Brazil by an old friend (The Professor) to help stop the Jaguar Cult, led by Barcuma, from running off Dr. Ann Philips who is there to give much-needed inoculations to native villagers along the Amazon River.

            Tarzan is assisted by Baron (a lion) and Cheeta (a chimpanzee), both of whom he brought from Africa, as well as Captain Sam Bishop, a riverboat pilot, and Bishop’s young ward, Pepe.

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