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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

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United Kingdom, United States · 1984
Rated PG · 2h 23m
Director Hugh Hudson
Starring Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

Tarzan is a boy who apes raised in the African jungle after his parents died in a shipwreck. Rediscovered by adventurers when he has grown to manhood, he is returned to the unfamiliar world of the British aristocracy and discovers that civilization can be a cruel place.

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Variety by

On a production level, film is a marvel, as fabulous Cameroon locations have been seamlessly blended with studio recreations of jungle settings.

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Miami Herald by Bill Cosford

Greystoke has its many pleasures, and despite its bobtailing at the hands of the bottom-line-watchers, it has the sweep of epic. [30 Mar 1984, p.D1]

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Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

As directed by Hugh Hudson, the movie isn't workaday for a second, with its epic scale and awesome vistas and all. Instead of enhancing the story, though, the niggling details and dignified touches just slow things down. [12 Apr 1984, p.33]

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Empire by Ian Nathan

It picks up in the last hour, though this is a very minor compensation in an otherwise long and listless film.

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Newsweek by Jack Kroll

Greystoke is entertaining, intelligent, even touching in its broad-scale treatment of a story that has always provided common ground for children and grown-ups. The main problem with this movie is that it's too short. [26 Mar 1984, p.74]

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Washington Post by Rita Kempley

Despite all the talent, form triumphs over substance. Director Hugh (Chariots of Fire) Hudson clutches, and climactic scenes miss their mark. Greystoke is curious entertainment, less satisfying than Planet of the Apes, which begs the same question: noble savage or naked ape? [30 Mar 1984, p.21]

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