The Emerald Forest is a 1985 English language British film set in the Brazilian Rainforest. It was directed by John Boorman and written by Rospo Pallenberg. It is based on a true story. The film was screened out of competition at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Bill Markham is an engineer who has moved to Brazil with his family to complete the construction of a large hydro-electric dam. The construction requires large areas of forest to be cleared, even more to be flooded. Its completion will bring more people to the areas who will clear the jungle for agriculture and living space. Markham... takes his family to the edge of the forest for a picnic to show them the jungle. It is then that an Indian from one of the indigenous tribes known as the Invisible People notices his son, Tommy, aged seven, has bright green eyes the colour of the forest. The tribesman decides that it is unfair to leave the child with these strange people, who, in his opinion, are destroying the world. He abducts the child. Markham pursues them, but his son is gone. The story jumps ahead some ten years. The dam is nearing completion.
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| Release date: | 1985 |
| Directed by: | John Boorman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 110 Minutes |
| Producer: | John Boorman, Michael Dryhurst, Edgar Gross |
| Music by: | Brian Gascoigne, Junior Homrich |
| Cinematography: | Philippe Rousselot |
| Screenplay by: | Rospo Pallenberg |
| Genre: | Adventure |