#Tarzan the ape man 1981 richard harris movie#

MGM argued the Derek film would be the second remake of their 1932 film Tarzan the Ape Man which they had the right to do, having released the first remake in 1959. complained, as that studio was also developing a Tarzan film with Robert Towne called Greystoke and they had the rights to the character from the Burroughs estate. In February 1980, MGM announced the studio was making a Tarzan film with the Dereks. After making A Change of Seasons, she was meant to appear in High Road to China but pulled out of the film saying she wanted to be directed only by her husband John. Steve Strong as Ivory King, the tribe leader.Д«o Derek was extremely popular at the time due to her appearance in 10.Miles O'Keeffe as Tarzan, Jane's lover.Richard Harris as James Parker, Jane's father.Bo Derek as Jane Parker, James' daughter and Tarzan's lover.The final scene shows Tarzan and Jane making love and interacting with animals peacefully. They wash her naked body in plain view, laughing at her shocked, humiliated protests, and then smear her with paint. James is killed by the Ivory King, and the natives remove Jane's clothes and tie her up. Jane is then kidnapped by natives who intend to make her a wife of the tribe leader, forcing Tarzan into action. Jane and Tarzan become fascinated by each other. Realizing that James is on his trail, Tarzan kidnaps Jane. James continues to pursue Tarzan with the purpose of capturing him, dead or alive, and bringing him back to England. They discover the 'white ape' is actually Tarzan, an uncivilized white man raised by apes living in the jungle. He is joined by his estranged daughter, Jane, after her mother's death. James Parker is a hunter in Africa, searching for a mythical 'white ape'. This film received extremely negative reviews, and in some circles has been considered to be one of the worst films ever made, even though it was a box-office success. The film is marketed with the tagline Unlike any other 'Tarzan' you've ever seen! The original actor cast in the Tarzan role was fired (or quit) early in production, resulting in the sudden casting of his stunt double, Miles O'Keeffe, in the title role. Former Tarzan actor Jock Mahoney, billed as Jack O'Mahoney, was the film's stunt coordinator. The original music score is composed by Perry Botkin Jr. The screenplay by Tom Rowe and Gary Goddard is loosely based on the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, but from the point of view of Jane Parker. Also: youвЂ™re probably going want to take a shower after seeing this movie.Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1981 American adventure film directed by John Derek and starring Bo Derek, Miles O'Keeffe, Richard Harris, and John Phillip Law.

#Tarzan the ape man 1981 richard harris movie#

This is as good a time as any to point out that pretty much everyone in the movie throws rapey looks at JaneвЂ“from the crew of the steamer, to her dad to, wellвЂ¦the elephant might have, itвЂ™s hard to tell with elephants. Oh yeah, it gets real incesty real fast, as Parker spends many scenes staring longingly at Jane. Well, the family reunion isnвЂ™t exactly a joyous one, as Jane is really cheesed off at dad for basically abandoning her mother to romp around Africa, and James is obsessed with how beautiful Jane is and how much she resembles her mother. Because, I guess the best to whet your audienceвЂ™s appetite for some nubile Bo Derek flesh is to show Richard Harris hanging brain. He greets the arrival of the tramp steamer carrying Jane by doing a jig on the river bank wearing only boots and a nightshirt. I mean, like, break out the butterfly nets and the rubber room nuts. Jane finds dad set up on a river bank with his expedition, and he is absolutely nuts. Jane has ventured in darkest Africa in search of her father, James Parker (a possibly-unhinged Richard Harris), a world-famous explorer and adventurer. In this version, Jane (she of вЂњMe Tarzan, you JaneвЂќ fame) is played by the aforementioned Bo Derek. The story of Tarzan the Ape Man is really nothing new: girl meets boy raised by monkeys, boyвЂ¦no, thatвЂ™s basically it. And with that, let us dive into 1981вЂ™s Tarzan the Ape Man. That moment when we, as a society, went from вЂњWeвЂ™re in the midst of a bad recession and gas shortage, so letвЂ™s smoke some pot and have an orgy,вЂќ to вЂњYay! Reagan said that itвЂ™s morning in America! LetвЂ™s all do coke and have an orgy!вЂќ Because, gentle reader only that era of innocence could bring us a big-budget Tarzan movie that basically serves as nudity-delivery vehicle for Bo Derek. When the decade still had a contact high from the вЂ70s-still batshit crazy, but less violent and despondent. And when I say that, I mean the pre-blockbuster days of the early-вЂ80s.