Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan has been put on
the big screen more times than you probably realize, and although the quality
of the adaptations are questionable for the most part, there is a new movie
coming out that could (in theory) finally do justice to the literary
icon.
Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Christopher Waltz, Samuel L.
Jackson, and Djimon Housou, The Legend of Tarzan opens in theaters Friday, July
1st.
Year: 1998
Director(s): Carl Schenkel
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steven Waddington.
Synopsis: John Clayton
(Van Dien) has come a long way since his days in Africa swinging through
the trees as Tarzan. He lives in England in wealthy surroundings and is about
to be married to the beautiful Jane Porter (March). But the marriage is
put on hold when Clayton gets news that explorer Nigel Ravens (Waddington) is rampaging his way through Africa to a
fabled lost city that will give him immense power. Tarzan goes in pursuit, with
his fiancée accompanying him for the adventure.
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 6%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 21%
Metacritic: None
IMDB: 3.9/10
Cinemascore: B
Year: 1981
Director(s): John Derek
Cast: Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keeffe, John
Phillip Law.
Synopsis: While on an African expedition with her father (Harris),
Jane (Bo Derek) meets Tarzan, and the two become more than fascinated with each
other.
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 11%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 21%
Metacritic: None
IMDB: 3.2/10
Cinemascore: None
Year: 2013
Director(s): Reinhard Klooss
Cast: Kellan Lutz, Spencer Locke, Joe Cappelletti, Mark
Deklin, Jaime Ray Newman.
Synopsis: A teenage boy
raised by gorillas in Africa falls for a pretty conservationist following a
chance meeting in the jungle, but finds their romance threatened by a menacing
Silverback, and a scheming capitalist in search of a new energy source.
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 19%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 33%
Metacritic: None
IMDB: 4.8/10
Cinemascore: None
Year: 1984
Director(s): Hugh Hudson
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ian Holm, James
Fox, Ralph Richardson, Cheryl Campbell.
Synopsis: Classic tale of the wild man raised by apes in
the African jungle after his explorer parents are shipwrecked and then die
while he is still a baby. Rediscovered by adventurers when he has grown to
manhood, he is returned to the strange and unfamiliar world of the British
aristocracy and discovers that, despite a doting grandfather and a female
admirer, civilization can be a cruel place.
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 67%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 60%
Metacritic: None
IMDB: 6.3/10
Cinemascore: None
Year: 1999
Director(s): Chris Buck and Kevin Lima
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Brian Blessed, Rosie
O'Donnell, Glen Close, Nigel Hawthorne, Lance Henriksen, and Wayne Knight.
Synopsis: In this Disney animated tale, the orphaned
Tarzan (Goldwyn) grows up in the remote African wilderness, raised by the
gentle gorilla Kala (Close). When a British expedition enters the jungle,
Tarzan encounters the beautiful Jane (Driver) and recognizes that, like her,
he's human. Falling in love with Jane, Tarzan is torn between embracing
civilization and staying with his gorilla family, which becomes threatened by
the ruthless hunter Clayton (Blessed).
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 88%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 74%
Metacritic: 79
IMDB: 7.2/10
Cinemascore: A
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