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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1984 DVD Release: 06/08/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered,Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 17 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 24 Genres: Adventure, Adventure Drama, Period Film, Jungle Film

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a reverent retelling of the Edgar Rice Burroughs original, with a 1980s-sensibilities slant. Shipwrecked on the coast of Africa, Lord Jack Clayton (Paul Geoffrey) and his pregnant wife Lady Alice (Cheryl Campbell) attempt to survive in the hostile environment, but both die shortly after the birth of their son John. Abandoned in the wilderness, the orphaned John is adopted by a family of rather highly evolved apes, and raised as one of their own. Years later, John-now known as Tarzan, and now played by Christopher Lambert-comes across a party of white hunters. Rescuing one of the intruders, Belgian Captain Phillipe D'Arnot (Ian Holm) from a horrible death , Tarzan is taught to speak English by the grateful D'Arnot. Coming across the remains and possessions of Tarzan's parents, D'Arnot discovers that the Lord of the Jungle is actually the Earl of Greystoke. Brought back to England, Tarzan is introduced to society, where his crude, apelike manners offend everyone--except the likeable (and painfully senile) 6th Lord of Greystoke (Ralph Richardson, in his final film role) and Greystoke's American ward, Jane Porter (Andie McDowell, whose Southern-fried voice is dubbed by Glenn Close). Disturbed at the notion of Tarzan's inheriting Greystoke manner, his more greedy relatives begin plotting against him. But it is Tarzan himself who decides that he cannot adapt himself to England-especially after a painful reunion with his ape foster father, imprisoned in a science-lab cage. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Ralph Richardson - Sixth Earl of Greystoke
Ian Holm - Capt. Phillippe D'Arnot
James Fox - Lord Esker
Christopher Lambert - John Clayton/Tarzan
Andie MacDowell - Miss Jane Porter

One of the screen's most enduring and endearing characters returns in director Hugh Hudson's Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan -- arriving on DVD courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The feature is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and offers audio rendered in closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 with optional English, Spanish, and French subtitles. In addition to offering an all new 20th anniversary transfer featuring scenes not included in the original theatrical version, this disc also offers commentary by director Hudson and associate producer Garth Thomas, as well as a theatrical trailer. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide