“ Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ” ( Eng. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ) - movie . One of the most recent adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first book on Tarzan [1] starring Christopher Lambert .
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| Genre | adventure movie drama melodrama |
| Producer | Hugh hudson |
| Producer | Stanley S. Kanter Hugh hudson Garth Thomas |
| Author script | Robert Town Michael Austin |
| In the main cast | Christopher Lambert Andy mcdowell |
| Operator | John Alcott |
| Composer | John scott |
| Film company | Warner bros |
| Duration | 143 min |
| A country |  Great Britain  USA |
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| Year | 1984 |
| IMDb | ID 0087365 |
Content
Story
Free film adaptation of the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Scotland, 1886 Old Earl Greystock helps his son John Clayton and his wife Alice leave for Africa. The romantic journey of the young couple turned into a tragedy: they were shipwrecked on the west coast of Africa and are trying to survive while waiting for help by building their own homes. Alice dies after the birth of a son, John almost immediately after his wife became a victim of ferocious monkeys, and the child was miraculously saved by the female monkey. Clayton’s son, John, not only adapts to the environment and lifestyle of the monkeys, grows stronger and grows stronger, but also becomes their master. In his twentieth year of life among monkeys, he rescues the wounded by the pygmy of the Belgian scientist Philip d'Arneau, who was the head of a scientific expedition of the British Museum. Philippe d'Arno discovers the Clayton refuge and documents of the noble savage, his savior. He does everything he can to bring John back to his ancestral castle in Scotland, to his grandfather. But in the refined and arrogant English civilization of the time of Edward VII, with its complex and icy code of conduct, John, Earl of Greystock, does not like much, especially the fact that the monkeys are kept in captivity and conducted experiments on them. Having lost two creatures close to him, his grandfather and his adoptive father - a chimpanzee, the young Greystock with his wife Jane returns back to the jungle of Africa.
Cast
- Christopher Lambert - John Clayton / Tarzan
- Ralph Richardson - Sixth Earl of Graystock
- Ian Holm - Philippe d'Arno
- Andy MacDowell - Jane Porter (voiced by Glenn Close )
- James Fox - Lord Charles Esker
- David Suchet - Buller
Soundtrack
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Year Released: 1997 Contains Music by John Scott
Track listing
- Overture 1:40
- The family 2:50
- Greystoke 3:28
- Catastrophe 2:55
- Child Of The Apes 2:28
- Pygmy Attack 1:13
- DArnots Vision 1:28
- Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes 2:14
- Tarzan Leaves The Jungle 1:30
- Edge Of The World 2:07
- Gardens Of Greystoke 0:54
- The Weight Of Greystoke 2:50
- The Dancing Lesson 1:05
- Dance Of Death 3:07
- Half Of Me Is Wild 1:05
- Return To The Jungle 3:04
- Closing Credits 3:01
- Suite From Greystoke 8:52
- Main Title (from Winter People) 2:38
- Waylands Prize 3:07
- Return Of Jonathan 3:21
- Lionheart 5:08
- King Kong Lives 1:15
- A Study In Terror 3:03
- The Whistle Blower 2:45
- The Final Countdown 4:23
- Search For The Golden Warrior 1:36
Total Album Time: 73:07
Interesting Facts
- The casting for the role of Tarzan was attended by 400 applicants. The director chose a young unknown French actor Christoph Lambert, whose appearance combined the features of the freedom-loving savage Tarzan and the innate aristocracy of Count Greystock. Hudson set the actor in tough conditions - for six months to build muscle, learn to climb vines and get rid of the French accent. [2]
- Since this was the first English role of Christophe Lambert, he took a pseudonym for English-speaking countries - Christopher Lambert .
- Part of the African scenes were filmed in Korup National Park in southwestern Cameroon amidst lush rainforests. The elegant two-jet Ekom waterfall, whose height difference reaches 100 meters, is present in many frames of the film, including in the final. [3]
- The following English sights were removed to show the luxurious decoration of the Greystock family castle. The exterior of the mansion is Flors Kelso Castle in Scotland. The scenes inside are the Hatfield Mansion in Hertfordshire.
- John Clayton (the name Tarzan is never mentioned in the film) opens the “Greystock Exposition” at the London Museum of Natural History, in the main dinosaur hall.
- In the Republic of Madagascar in 1999 a postage stamp “Christoph Lambert” was released, where the French actor was captured in the image of Tarzan from the film “Greystock: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes”. [four]
Rewards
- This was the last film of Ralph Richardson . He was posthumously nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1985 . The film is dedicated to him.
- Winners and nominees: Oscar for the best makeup ( Rick Baker and Paul Engelen) and the best adapted script ( Robert Town and Michael Austin).
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Award in 1985: "Best Film and Costumes" (John Mollo).
- BAFTA 1985 Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Design, Best Sound, and Best Actor (Ian Holm and Ralph Richardson).
- Caesars 1985: The Best Foreign Film.
- British Society of Cinematographers Award in 1984: "Best Cinematography."
- America's Writers Guilds Award: “Best Screenplay Adaptation.”
Notes
Links
- " Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ” (English) on the Internet Movie Database
- An article from People magazine “Finding among the monkeys helped Christopher Lambert reliably play Tarzan in Greystock”
- Greystock: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes on Amazon.com
- Video interview with Christopher Lambert about filming the movie "Greystock: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes" 1984