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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 30, 1984

Runtime

2h 23m

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance

User Score

63%

Original Title

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Production Companies

Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures, WEA Records

Director

Hugh Hudson

Revenue

$45,858,563

Description

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.