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The Emerald Forest

The Emerald Forest

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 22, 1985

Runtime

1h 54m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama

User Score

67%

Original Title

The Emerald Forest

Production Companies

Christel Films, Embassy Pictures

Director

John Boorman

Revenue

$24,467,000

Description

For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.