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- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 23 m
- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 23 m
Summary A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
Directed By: Hugh Hudson
Written By: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert Towne, Michael Austin
- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 23 m
- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 23 m
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
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Summary A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
Directed By: Hugh Hudson
Written By: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert Towne, Michael Austin
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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55% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
62
55% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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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]
The most intelligent and perhaps the best filmic treatment of Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic pulp novels about Tarzan, the white child of noble blood raised by apes in the jungle, since Elmo Lincoln first brought the character to the screen in 1918.
On a production level, film is a marvel, as fabulous Cameroon locations have been seamlessly blended with studio recreations of jungle settings.
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]
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]
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]
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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Production Company
Warner Bros.,
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.,
WEA Records
Release Date Mar 30, 1984
Duration 2 h 23 m
Rating PG
Tagline A legendary hero - and the tale that's never been told!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
