Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
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Cast
40 people
Christopher Lambert
John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Known for
Highlander
Fortress
Andie MacDowell
Miss Jane Porter
Known for
Groundhog Day
Maid
Ralph Richardson
The Sixth Earl of Greystoke
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
The Fallen Idol
Ian Holm
Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
Known for
Ratatouille
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
James Fox
Lord Charles Esker
Known for
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Utopia
Cheryl Campbell
Lady Alice Clayton
Known for
Chariots of Fire
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Ian Charleson
Jeffson Brown
Known for
Chariots of Fire
Opera
Nigel Davenport
Major Jack Downing
Known for
Phase IV
Nighthawks
Nicholas Farrell
Sir Hugh Belcher
Known for
Bodies
The Diary of Anne Frank
Richard Griffiths
Captain Billings
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Paul Geoffrey
Lord John Clayton
Known for
Excalibur
Wuthering Heights
Hilton McRae
Willy
Known for
Chernobyl
Halo
Hugh Hudson Director · Robert Towne Screenplay Michael Austin Screenplay
Worldwide gross $46M · Budget $30M · United States release March 30, 1984
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$45,858,563
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
WEA Records
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 30, 1984
Theatrical
France
October 3, 1984 · Theatrical
Germany
December 13, 1984 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 11, 1984 · Theatrical
February 24, 2002 · TV · Net 5
January 23, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Slovakia
January 18, 1997 · TV · Markíza
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