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DVD Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan
One of those legendary missed opportunities, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a movie that should have been great but wound up the victim of conflicting egos and wrong-headed choices. Based on a screenplay by Robert Towne (who took his name off it when he wasn't allowed to direct) and directed by Hugh Hudson (riding high on the basis of Chariots of Fire), the film tried to rethink the Tarzan legend of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and boy, did it have to: By casting French-accented Christopher Lambert as Tarzan, the filmmakers had to transform his white-hunter mentor Ian Holm into a Frenchman to explain those inflections in Tarzan's monosyllabic speech. The film has some amazing jungle footage and a truly touching relationship between Tarzan and the apes--but it gets pretty silly when Tarzan gets to London and hooks up with Sir Ralph Richardson, as his grandfather. -–Marshall Fine
This film was an attempt to do justice to teh original idea of Tarzan that ERB had intended. There was just too much in the orignal story that could not be done in a single film, but I think this version has been the best attempt to date.
And the comment in the official Amazon review that having a French accented actor play Tarzan was a "mistake" shows that the reviewer never read the orignal book. The first human SPOKEN language that Tarzan learned was French which he learned from a French officer whom he had rescued. The Ian Holm character was in the original book. He was not an "add on." So not only was the casting of Christopher Lambert appropriate; it was true to ERB's orignal story line.
The Review Of Greystoke-The Legend of Tarzan
Loved the movie but didn't really like the waiting to get it in the mail. But I can tell you where I live that waiting for it was worth it because I couldn't find that movie anywhere in town.
Exquisite Remake...Gorgeous DVD
This review refers to "Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan - Lord of the Apes" DVD(20th anniversary transfer/Warner Bros)...
Director Hugh Hudson has done a remarkable job remaking an old favorite and classic of the silver screen. It's a breathtaking look at the story of "Tarzan" as he is plucked from his home, where he has been raised by apes since his birth, and dropped into the "civilized" world to take his rightful place in society.
The first half of the story takes place in the jungles of Africa. The Earl Of Greystoke and his wife have been shipwrecked, and soon after the birth of their son, both tragically die. The infant is raised by the apes, taken by a mother ape who has lost her own baby. We watch as Tarzan grows up in the ape community, and as he becomes a man and knows no other langauge or way of life, rises within the group to become "Lord of the Apes". When an expedition of British and French men are attacked by natives, one man, Phillipe, is rescued by Tarzan and nursed back to health. Eventually, Phillipe discovers the true identity of this "white ape" and after months of teaching him the langauge and ways of the white man, brings him back to his family and his rightful place in society.
Tarzan, or John as he is now called, must try and fit in with this new civilazation, but he soon finds he is a man with no home. Even his new found love for Jane, cannot reconcile what he percieves to be the human way of doing things. He has made remarkable accomplishments in this society, but inside him, he aches deeply for the life he knew.
This film is an exquisite remake. Filmed in Cameroon, Scotland and England, it takes in the breathtaking beauty of the jungles of Africa, and the grandeur of the "Greystoke" estate. The performances by seasoned actors such as Sir Ralph Richardson(in his final film), and Ian Holm will draw you into their every word. The film also introduces us to two newcomers at the time, Andie MacDowell as Jane and Christopher Lambert as Tarzan. And after viewing this film, you will know why they both became the stars they are today. Lambert's performance of growing up in a family of Apes and then trying to adjust to society is extraordinary.
The music composed by John Scott and performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is as beautiful as this sweeping saga. A big part of the film of course, is the Apes, and the actors who were a part of those scenes were outstanding, as was the costuming and special effects.
The DVD is gorgeous. Presented in widescreen, it takes in all the brilliant cinematography, and vivid colors. The sounds of the jungle surround you in DD 5.1. There is commentary by Director Hudson, which may be viewed during the film. Subtitles are in Eng, Fr and Sp.
The film is rated PG, which I thought was about right. There is some violence(mostly in the jungle scenes)which may scare very young children. The one love scene bewteen Tarzan and Jane, is very mild and very short.
A wonderfully touching story of two worlds colliding. A brillant, adventurous, and romantic remake, not to be missed by fans of the old Tarzan films or of the Edgar Rice Burroughs's book, "Tarzan of the Apes".
Directed by John Derek, now I wonder how Bo got the part. Does not matter how she got there it is fun to watch her get wet every time you turn around. She was wet in "10" (1979) but here she is all wet.
This is a simple adaptation of the Tarzan story where Jane joins her father (Richard Harris) in an expedition. He tells here of the Tarzan legend. She wanders off. During her wet period Tarzan (Miles O'Keeffe) appears on the scene and plucks her. Bo sort of monkeys around. And Tarzan gets snaked. Daddy gets stuck and we all live happily ever after? Or do we?
More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Bo Derek - Richard Harris - Miles O'Keeffe Director(s): John Derek DVD Release Date: Released the 08 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Many actors have slipped on a loincloth and swung from a jungle vine, but nobody reached the treetops of Tarzania quite like Johnny Weissmuller, the Olympic swimmer. And Tarzan's greatest Jane was Maureen O'Sullivan, who moved into T's treehouse for six films at MGM, all collected in this splendid boxed set. It is possible to find these films hokey... but only if you have absolutely no feeling for the magic of early-sound pictures, or no joy in the gee-whiz, Saturday-matinee wonder of Tarzan's prelapsarian lifestyle. To say nothing of the surprisingly overt running theme of (implied) hot jungle sex.
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932), made with the blessings of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, establishes the basics of the series (and uses extra Africa footage MGM had compiled for... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 08 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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At least someone, somewhere, involved in this disposable Ape Man entry bothered to read the famous Edgar Rice Burroughs books on which the character is based. What was done with that information, unfortunately, amounts to nothing. Tarzan (vacantly handsome Casper Van Dien) and Jane (nondescript Jane March) head back to the jungle homeland and encounter pillaging baddies led by Steven Waddington (used better as a more complex nasty in The Last of the Mohicans). Director Carl Schenkel's film gives Tarzan back his long-absent status as an articulate gentleman, and it contains elements of Burroughs's feverish imagination, but it dully ticks off the "adventures" without any thrilling sense of fun. Schenkel is so inattentive to detail that he would have us believe no one raises an... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Casper Van Dien - Jane March Director(s): Carl Schenkel DVD Release Date: Released the 03 February 2004 Usually ships within 24 hours
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Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose is a flawed attempt to adapt Umberto Eco's highly convoluted medieval bestseller for the screen, necessarily excising much of the esoterica that made the book so compelling. Still, what's left is a riveting whodunit set in a grimly and grimily realistic 14th-century Benedictine monastery populated by a parade of grotesque characters, all of whom spend their time lurking in dark places or scuttling, half-unseen, in the omnipresent gloom. A series of mysterious and gruesome deaths are somehow tied up with the unwelcome attention of the Inquisition, sent to root out suspected heretical behavior among the monastic scribes whose lives are dedicated to transcribing ancient manuscripts for their famous library, access to which is prevented by an... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Sean Connery - Christian Slater Director(s): Jean-Jacques Annaud DVD Release Date: Released the 06 July 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If you're determined to spend three hours with Oliver Stone's take on the personal and military struggles of ancient Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great, you should know that Alexander (Colin Farrell, in blonde disarray) is not half so much fun as mom Olympias (Angelina Jolie) or his future wild bride Roxane (Rosario Dawson). Indeed, it's the women in Alex's life who provide the movie's most satisfying action: Jolie, sporting some kind of Russian accent, wraps herself in snakes while hissing promises of Farrell's destiny; Dawson disrobes and threatens to cut Farrell's throat before shtupping his brains out. The rest is leaden history, supposedly novel because it showcases epic battle sequences and addresses Alexander's great love for his buddy Hephaistion (Jared Leto). But the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Anthony Hopkins - Angelina Jolie Director(s): Oliver Stone DVD Release Date: Released the 02 August 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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