Tarzan is a movie directed by Chris Buck and Kevin Lima in 1999 and based on the book Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first published in 1912. The movie features Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Alex D. Linz, Rosie O’Donnell, Brian Blessed, and others.
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Storyline
In the mid-1860s, an English couple and their infant son are shipwrecked off the Congolese coast. Kala, a female gorilla who recently lost her own child to Sabor, finds the human infant and takes him back to the jungle to raise as her own, despite the disapproval of her mate, Kerchak, who is also their group’s leader.
Movie vs Book
Year
1999
Minutes
88
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Tarzan
Director: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Country: USA
Year: 1999
Length: 1h28m
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Year
1912
Pages
324
Book Rate
7.80
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Book
Tarzan of the Apes
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Country: USA
First published in: 1912
Length: 324 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Tarzan
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by W.S. Van Dyke
Movie by Hugh Hudson
Movie by David Yates
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