Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 British film directed by Hugh Hudson and based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes . Christopher Lambert stars as Tarzan and Andie MacDowell as Jane; the cast also includes Sir Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Cheryl Campbell, and Ian Charleson. The film received Academy Award nominations for "Best Supporting Actor" , "Best Adapted Screenplay" and "Best Makeup". John, the heir to the Earl of Greystoke and his wife Alice set sail and are quickly marooned in Africa. After John builds a home in the trees, Alice... gives birth to a son. Soon after Alice grows delirious and dies. When John finds her recently dead, the tree house is visited by curious chimpanzees and John is killed by one of the apes. The female of the group, Kala carries her dead infant, but upon hearing the cries of the infant human in his crib she adopts the boy and raises him among the family of Mangani. The little human child thus grows up naked, wild, and free.
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| Release date: | 1984 |
| Directed by: | Hugh Hudson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 143 Minutes |
| Producer: | Hugh Hudson |
| Editor: | Anne V. Coates |
| Music by: | John Scott |
| Cinematography: | John Alcott |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Towne |
| Genre: | Adventure |