Evocation de la vie de Dian Fossey, la célèbre primatologue qui voua sa vie à l’étude des gorilles de la montagne du Rwanda. Elle fut sauvagement assassinée le 26 décembre 1985.

USA, 1998, Fiction, 2h08, Biopic

Avec Sigourney Weaver, Julie Harris, Bryan Brown, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson.

Réalisateur : Michael Apted.
Scénariste : Anna Hamilton Phelan.
Directeur de la photographie : John Seale.
Compositeur : Maurice Jarre.
Monteur : Stuart Baird.
Producteur : Terence A. Clegg, Arne Glimcher.
Producteur exécutif : Peter Guber, Jon Peters.
Coproducteur : Judy Kessler, Robert Nixon.
Producteur associé : Rick Baker.




Production : Warner Bros (U.S.A.), Guber – Peters Company, (U.S.A.).
Distribution : Warner Bros. France (France / International) – Universal Studios (USA/Canada)

he compelling story of a renowned anthropologist whose obsession with rare gorillas compels her to risk her life-and her love-in a fight to protect her beloved creatures.
The true-life story of naturalist Dian Fossey and her work in Rwanda with Mountain Gorillas.

Directed by Michael Apted
Produced by Rick Baker(associate producer)
Terence A. Clegg (producer)
Arne Glimcher (producer)
Peter Guber (executive producer)
Judy Kessler (co-producer)
Robert Nixon (co-producer)
Jon Peters (executive producer)

Written by
Harold T.P. Hayes (article)
Dian Fossey (work)
Anna Hamilton Phelan (story)
Tab Murphy (story)
Anna Hamilton Phelan (screenplay)

Starring
Sigourney Weaver
Bryan Brown

Music by Maurice Jarre
Cinematography John Seale
Editing by Stuart Baird




CAST
Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey
Bryan Brown as Bob Campbell
Julie Harris as Roz Carr
John Omirah Miluwi as Sembagare
Ian Cuthbertson as Dr. Louis Leakey
Constantin Alexandrov as Van Vecten
Waigwa Wachira as Mukara
Iain Glen as Brendan
David Lansbury as Larry
Maggie O’Neill as Kim
Konga Mbandu as Rushemba
Michael J. Reynolds as Howard Dowd
Gordon Masten as Photographer
Peter Nduati as Batwa chief
Helen Fraser as Mme. Van Vecten
John Alexander as Mime Artist
Peter Elliott as Mime Artist
Denise Cheshire as Mime Artist
Antonio Hoyos as Mime Artist
Jody St. Michael as Mime Artist
David Maddock as himself

Distributed by
Universal Studios (USA/Canada)
Warner Bros. (International)

Release dates: September 23, 1988 (USA) / January 25, 1989 (France)

Running time 129 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget million
Box office ,149,479

Nominated for five Oscars.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_in_the_Mist