Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan [Blu-ray]

Director: Hugh Hudson

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/16/2013
UPC:	0883316789803
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Archives
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	2:17:00
Sales rank:	13,828

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Christopher Lambert	Tarzan
Ralph Richardson	Greystoke
Ian Holm	D'Arnot
Andie MacDowell	Jane
Glenn Close	Jane
James Fox	Esker
Ian Charleson	Brown
Nigel Davenport	Downing
Paul Geoffrey	Clayton
Cheryl Campbell	Actor
Nicholas Farrell	Actor
Colin Charles	Actor
Elaine Collins	Actor
David Endene	Actor
Richard Griffiths	Actor
Tristam Jellinek	Actor,White
Roddy Maude-Roxby	Actor
Hilton McRae	Actor
John Wells	Actor
Eric Langlois	Actor
Patsy Pollock	Actor
Tali McGregor	Actor
Daniel Potts	Actor
Ravinder	Actor
Harriet Thorpe	Actor
David Suchet	Actor
David Forman	Primate Sequences
Philemon Blake Andhoua	Actor
Deep Roy	Primate Sequences
Paul Brooke	Actor
Kiran Shah	Primate Sequences
Sheila Latimer	Actor
Andrea Miller	Actor
Philip Tan	Primate Sequences
Jacobin Yarro	Actor
Elliot W. Cane	Actor
Alisa Berk	Actor
John Alexander	Actor
Christopher Beck	Actor
Mak Wilson	Actor
Alison Macrae	Actor
John Warrack	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Towne

P.H. Vazak

Michael Austin

Hugh Hudson	Director,Producer
Robert Towne	Screenwriter
Stanley S. Canter	Producer
Albert Whitlock	Special Effects
P.H. Vazak	Screenwriter
Michael Austin	Screenwriter