Trailer - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984)

[joeyvader]

Half of me is the Earle of Greystoke...the other half is...Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod...

[Yamigata]

@joeyvader ... and then the OTHER other half is...Raiden, god of Thunder...

[pwgr2000]

It is only innocent male nudity so I'm not sure what you guys are all fired up about. These days films like "Intimacy" (2001), "The Brown Bunny" (2003) and "Antichrist" (2009) contain scenes with the actors performing unsimulated sex so this stuff about early 80s films having laxer censorship codes is plain wrong. Society's levels of acceptance keep evolving and modern films portray things that would not be tolerated 20 or 30 years ago.

[blkchk]

I remember being really impressed with how realistic the apes looked. Rick Baker also did the 'Beast' for the TV series Beauty and the Beast with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman.

[samsam29]

I remember watching this in the theater, one of my earliest recollections of movies (earliest being Empire Strikes Back). Favorite part was when he defeated the panther and threw it triumphantly to the apes.

[clintbronson5]

This is ONE of the best TARZAN'S ever. We (fans) need a new TARZAN movie it's 2010 for crying out loud. I know I'm by myself in this but would love a rated R version with a lot of blood and guts (yeaaah boyyy)

[pwgr2000]

You may already know this but there has been a new Tarzan project on the books in Hollywood for a few years. Both Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy) and Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) were both mentioned in connection with it but it appears the idea has gone cold again. Any gossip would be appreciated.

[clintbronson5]

@pwgr2000 No I did not know that? Cool! My wife got me a reprint of ALL STORY MAGAZINE and it truly is one of the best gifts I ever got. I love the fact that TARZAN has been in more comic publisher titles (DC-MARVEL-DELL etc) then any other hero......Put that BATMAN and SPIDERMAN in your pipe and smoke it :)

[pwgr2000]

You would be dismissing some wonderful entertainments if you used that criteria. For example, "Tarzan and the Leopard Woman" and "Tarzan and the Amazons". Not to mention the fact that a couple of the greatest Tarzan films of all time - "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure" and "Tarzan the Magnificent" - had nothing to do with the novels.

[KiCreativeStudios]

How is it a great adaptation of Tarzan like this was produced when ever awful Bo Derek Tarazan came out only three years before??

[juliansurl]

I was like wondering, would this movie be like R when it came out? I mean it shows this 12-15 year old boy completely naked (genitals and all). Can they even show that?

[JuanMacready]

@juliansurl Isn't it a PG?

[pwgr2000]

Yes it is. Interestingly, the Tanya Roberts "Sheena" film from 1984 also had a PG rating but included a fairly lengthy full-frontal scene of Tanya Roberts naked.

[JuanMacready]

@juliansurl This film was made in 1983. It would never be allowed today.

[pwgr2000]

I'm afraid I don't understand this comment. What exactly is it that you think wouldn't be allowed today? Surely censorship standards have become much less strict since then.

[dajohnthomas69]

There is much attention to historical detail and the apes look better than those of George and the Jungle (which is a funny movie, bit spoofy maybe) Ralph Richardson is fantastic. Ian Holm is always so reliable and understated one tends to think what would happen if he was not there. More than you think, I dare say. Andie Macdowell is a billboard-face, but who wouldn't want her as a love-interest? All the same enjoyable and nice to watch

[45cathy]

j ai aimer aussi ce film

[ysbaddaden2003]

One of the worst Tarzan movies ever.

[pwgr2000]

You are dead wrong there. Most Tarzan films are cheesy low-budget affairs where Burroughs' savage hero has been turned into a domesticated, musclebound grunter living in a tree house with a champanzee and a wife who makes ostrich egg omelettes. The Greystoke Tarzan is a lavish production with high-quality performances and is the only film in thhe Tarzan canon that address the issue of Tarzan's struggle to adapt to life outside the jungle. It was nominated for 3 Oscars and many other awards.

[gemmasasha]

@pwgr2000 I agree with you, though I am a great fan of classic Tarzan because I am crazy about old movies. When I started reading Tarzan's books I was soooo shocked to read how realistic and also how sensual the true hero was.

[htrrz]

I agree I have been a Tarzan for for 49 years, and read and collected the books, Lamert is a whimp, he looks like the other Tarzan's whimpy little cousin, compare him to Scott in Tarzan;s Greatest Adevnture, Tarzan the Magnificent, Mike Henry, Weissmuller in Tarzan and his Mate, Lambert wrestle a lion? Over come a powerful opponent? Never Lambert is a whimp ,never as Burroughs wrote "the bronzed giant of the jungle".

[pwgr2000]

That's the very reason the creators of this film moved away from the "muscle-bound" image of the earlier films, which had become a ridiculous cliche. And it wasn't the first time. Producer Sy Weintraub moved away from the tired concept of an overly-muscled Tarzan when he replaced Mike Henry with Ron Ely.

There is "audience expectation" and there is "artistic license" and fortunately, they aren't always the same thing. One is frozen and rigid, the other is flexible and adventurous.

[tuxguys]

Burroughs described Tarzan as looking more like Apollo than like Hercules.

[depedro99]

@ysbaddaden2003 You have got to be kidding. how can you even compare this realistic beautifully filmed movie with those other cheesy Tarzan movies? pwgr2000's comment says it best!

[MetaPunkXP]

Funny how Glenn Close dubbed the voice of the actress who played Jane and later voiced Kala in the disney version of Tarzan.

[dspikey]

I love the way Glenn Close Dubbed over Andie McDowells voice haha listen closely.

[PeterFirthFan]

Pretty funny how it was OK for Eric Langlois to be nude but not the adult Christopher Lambert.

[MrYpres]

this is one of my favorite movies

[deadbeatle]

for me that's the greatest tarzan movie ever...very touching and unique..

the last scene is one of those scenes that you can't never fully forget...

[maxdamagus]

there can be only one

[ramy3308]

I love this move. I must have seen it a 100 times..No joke.

[maroskko]

i would like to see full movie on youtube..great movie!

[MegaAnalysis]

Very moving film. At the time such a genuine touch was rarely performed.

[matt484991]

0:24 , is that the place used for Wayne Manor and the O'Connell Mansion?

[corrinha23]

Esse filme é muito interressante, linda história.

[corrinha23]

Este filme é muito bom.

[HighDRAMAatYuToob]

brilliant movie..both the jungle part and the extravagence and snobbery of Victorian England!

[mollypie10]

Im am reading the book right now, so i look forward to watching this movie

[pwgr2000]

Great to hear. It has a few disturbing passages for a contemporary teenager hip to political correctness. It was written in an era where most people had very different attitudes to other races, and some parts can by shocking and difficult to comprehend for a modern audience.

However, it is a roller coaster ride of a book, full of amazing and exciting sequences. The first and second books should be read together as the sequel is a beautiful (and exciting) conclusion to the first.

[tuxguys]

Bravo to you for saying that. Burroughs conceived the two together... he had no original notion of making it a series... the first book is audacious in its appropriation, and improvement on, the themes of The Jungle Book, and the Romulus and Remus legend; the second is a gem of formal elegance, beginning with Tarzan operating as a secret agent of the French government.

[joeyvader]

@pwgr2000 I was reading your post here and thinking, "man the second book was just as good.."...and then there it is!! You recomending the second book!! THE most faithfull adaption of ERB book...

[rubroxato88]

I read the 4 first books of the 27 written by E R Boroughs about Tarzan. And I use to go to the gym very inspired wile reading "Tarzan of the apes"! This movie is great, but there are some differences that I will not mention to spoil it for you. Just one thing, Christopher Lambert should have put some muscle mass before doing it.

[olesne]

Retarded movie, but it did a remarkable job of capturing Victorian England.

[pwgr2000]

Please tell us why you consider this film a "retarded movie".

[clintbronson5]

Finally saw this film and it was great! I loved the realism of it and believe both Weissmuller and Burroughs would have liked it as well...LONG LIVE THY LORD

[wolfrider2fast4u]

Good movie but nothing beats Edgar Rice Burroughs books. and no not the adapted version.

[kaiserwilhelm23]

grreat film

[giansantiago]

i only watched this because of the Beautiful Andy Mcdowell

[Gabriela1]

I liked this movie, very touching!

[idreamofla1day]

agree

[pictures999]

kicks ass...

[pictures999]

great movie. is this on dvd?

[pwgr2000]

It sure is. Easily available on DVD from eBay.

[jrueda82]

Random question, what is the name of that music at the end? The "du, du, du" Moment of great trial music.

[pwgr2000]

I'm not sure the piece has a "name". As far as I know it is just original film score by John Scott.

[Herreken]

The music in the trailer is all from one piece: Gustav Mahler's Mars, Bringer of War. If you can't find it, let me know and I'll upload it somewhere.

[Herreken]

Whoops. Correction to my last message. It's by Gustav Holst.

[kingodwinstudios]

If I remember correctly, this movie was actually pretty true to the book- more than any Tarzan film. It's been a while since I saw this.

[insipod]

Why didn't they dub Lambert's accent too? French apes maybe?

[pwgr2000]

In the novel, the first language that Tarzan learns is French, taught to him by Captain D'Arnot, a French naval officer he rescues from cannibals.

[SecretJustice]

its very funny when he make animal sounds :D

[bigassballsyes]

Blood Sir Evelyn, the stuff of life. Great film! Razor!

[clintbronson5]

This looks good! Never seen it!

Long live Thy Lord!!!

HA-HA-HA N'KEEMA

[pwgr2000]

This is considered the "most realistic" of all of the Tarzan films. Most fans love the first half set in the jungle and hate the second half. However, the last half of the film is very powerful as Tarzan tries to come to terms with his true inner nature and the conflicts this creates in his attempts to adapt to "civilisation".

[clintbronson5]

I love the trailer and the Batman like music

This looks like a great film. Fav scene is when

Lambert throws the ape on the ground to the others. If Johnny did not exist who do you think held the torch? Please don't say the 2nd Tarzan :)

[pwgr2000]

Gordon Scott was also a fabulous Tarzan. Some of his films are a bit lame, but in ¨Tarzan´s Greatest Adventure¨ and ¨Tarzan the Magnificent¨ he plays Tarzan as a grim avenger, similar to the character in the Burroughs novels.

[clintbronson5]

I will check them out!!!!

[tuxguys]

The "Batman-like music" is the movement "Mars, the Bringer of War" from the symphony "The Planets," by Gustav Holst.

[tuxguys]

The first half is so dead-on (with the exception of the elimination of the Mangani laguage, and thus the elimination of Tarzan's NAME) that it is magnificent. The second half tells a good story... but not as good as the story Burroughs originally told.

[esilenad]

me gusta esa película yo estaba muy chavita cuando se pasaba por la tv pero la recuerdo muy bien

[canelong]

this is such a briliant film

[algonquin109]

L'inné et l'acquis, interprétation épatante de C. Lambert dans sa façon animale de se déplacer et celle très humaine de regarder ses congénères.