Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 British film directed by Hugh Hudson and based on Edgar Rice Burroughs novel Tarzan of the Apes 1912. Christopher Lambert stars as Tarzan though the name Tarzan is never used in the films dialogue and Andie MacDowell as Jane the cast also includes Ralph Richardson in his final film appearance, Ian Holm, James Fox, Cheryl Campbell, and Ian Charleson.

John, Lord Clayton Paul Geoffrey, the heir to the 6th Earl of Greystoke, and his pregnant wife Alice Cheryl Campbell are shipwrecked on the African coast. John builds a home in the trees, and Alice gives birth to a son. Alice grows delirious and dies. When Lord Clayton finds her body, the tree house is visited by curious great apes, and John is killed by one of the apes. The female of the group, Kala, who carries her dead infant, hears the cries of the infant human in his crib. She adopts the boy and raises him as a member of the Mangani.At age five, the boy Danny Potts is still trying to fit in with his ape family. When a black panther attacks, he learns how to swim to evade it while another ape is killed. ........

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