
A shipping disaster in the nineteenth century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. The mother dies soon afterwards. An ape enters the house and kills the father, and a female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to... (Full plot summary below)
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A shipping disaster in the nineteenth century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. The mother dies soon afterwards. An ape enters the house and kills the father, and a female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
Leave your thoughts about Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.
| Mania.comRob VauxAs long as they stay in the jungle, this Tarzan may be one of the very best versions of the character you're likely to see. |
| Family Home TheaterJames PlathFor all its flaws, Greystoke is still better than the romanticized live-action versions of Tarzan that Hollywood has produced. |
| NewsweekJack KrollGreystoke is one of the most thoroughly enjoyable films of its kind I've ever seen. |
| New York TimesVincent Canby'Greystoke' is one of the most thoroughly enjoyable films of its kind I've ever seen. |
| CinenganosLuis MartinezBeautiful. A real view of an ape man clashing with the civilization. |
| Miami HeraldBill CosfordIt picks up in the last hour, though this is a very minor compensation in an otherwise long and listless film. |
| User ReviewChristine CThe most believable verson of Tarzan,I have ever seen! |
| User ReviewPablo Josué EUno de mis primeros recuerdos asociados al cine, fue ver esta pelÃcula en el cine Lux, de 5 años, con mis primos, entre la marabunta, Kerchak, Nala, Sabor, el Señor de los Monos! ... Más de Veinte años despuà (C)s, mi grillito gritaba con el Tarzan de Disney, emulando la muerte de Sabor con su Tiger-Móvil! |
| User ReviewCalvary S"Mother!...Father!...Family!" oh how wept @ that line. Edgar Rice Burroughs rocked with this book |
| User ReviewMark SThis was the very first movie I watched in my whole life and I think I have seen it like 50 times |