La version cinématographique sans doute la plus proche de l’oeuvre originale de Rice Burroughs, avec Christophe Lambert dans le rôle titre, et Andie MacDowell.

de Hugh Hudson, Grande Bretagne, 1983, 2h23, VOSTF.

Perhaps the most intelligent and best realised film version of the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs’ story. Hudson explores the culture clash to great effect when Tarzan returns to his ancestral manor.

Richardson steals the film as the grandfather trying to integrate his heir into upper class society.
Co-scripted by a pseudonymous Robert Towne.

Studio: Warner Bros

Directed by
Hugh Hudson

Written by
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Robert Towne

Produced by
Stanley S. Canter
Hugh Hudson
Garth Thomas

Year: 1984
B+W/Colour: Colour
Country: UK
Duration: 130 mins
English
Genre: Adventure
Awards: AAN: Ralph Richardson, Screenplay

Cast:
Christopher Lambert…….John Clayton/Tarzan
Andie MacDowell…….Jane Porter
Ian Holm…….Capitaine Phillippe D’Arnot
Ralph Richardson…….Sixth Earl of Greystoke
James Fox…….Lord Esker
Cheryl Campbell…….Lady Alice Clayton
Ian Charleson…….Jeffson Brown
Nigel Davenport…….Major Jack Downing
Nicholas Farrell…….Sir Hugh Belcher
Paul Geoffrey…….Lord John (Jack) Clayton
Richard Griffiths…….Captain Billings
Hilton McRae…….Willy
David Suchet…….Buller
John Wells…….Sir Evelyn Blount
Paul Brooke…….The Rev. Stimson
Tristram Jellinek…….White
Roddy Maude-Roxby…….Olivestone
Ailsa Berk…….Kolo, Primate Mother
John Alexander…….White Eyes, Primate Leader
Mak Wilson…….Figs, Tarzan’s Follower

Primate Sequences:
Rona Brown
Tessa Crockett
David Forman
Tina Maskell
Martin Pallot
Deep Roy
Kiran Shah
Philip Tan
George Yiasoumi

Jane Porter’s dubbed in voice…….Glenn Close

Distributors
Warner Bros. US
Hollywood Classics Ltd., UK

Germany:126, Sweden:137