Category: Tarzan movies
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Surprisingly good TARZAN outing–it’s consecutive action thrills as Tarzan (Gordon Scott) hunts British bad guys, led by Anthony Quayle. Along the way, Scott teams up with Sara Shane to give the picture some romance. It’s mostly romance banter and it works. The real star is Quayle, who’s phenomenal. He gets to Ahab out. Sean Connery…
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For a film called Tarzan and His Mate, Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan doesn’t get much to do. He spends the film rescuing Maureen O’Sullivan (which is one of the more frustrating aspects of the film–she doesn’t exhibit any jungle survival skills until the finale) from a variety of animals. These sequences are often exciting, especially since…
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Greystoke ought to work. From the opening, it really seems like it might. It survives a massive narrative hiccup–switching perspective from young Tarzan to explorer Ian Holm. It establishes people in ape costumes as believable, sympathetic, feeling characters. It’s got beautiful cinematography, Hugh Hudson’s a fine director, and John Scott’s got one great score for…
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It’s hard to believe a movie called Tarzan the Ape Man is going to be boring, but this one drags on and on. After a solid opening twenty minutes, the movie stumbles and never regains its footing. The problem is with Tarzan. Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan obviously doesn’t speak English but he also doesn’t communicate. He…
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