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, Captaine 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.
11 August 1949, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
8 June 1957, Hampstead, London, England, UK
1955, Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
22 November 1944, London, England, UK
19 May 1939, London, England, UK
1 December 1957, Nairobi, Kenya
July 27, 2004
...Oftentimes punishingly stately
April 01, 2014
As long as they stay in the jungle, this Tarzan may be one of the very best versions of the character you're likely to see.
April 05, 2005
vivid and involving
March 30, 2016
For all its flaws, Greystoke is still better than the romanticized live-action versions of Tarzan that Hollywood has produced.
August 27, 2004
It's a different approach and will not satisfy viewers intent on seeing thrilling fights and derring-do.
October 20, 2005
Beautiful. A real view of an ape man clashing with the civilization.
June 02, 2004
one of cinema's great disasters
July 20, 2004
'Greystoke' is one of the most thoroughly enjoyable films of its kind I've ever seen.
