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Overview

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Director:
John Derek
Writers:
Tom Rowe (screenplay) and
Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters)
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Release Date:
24 September 1981 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure more
Tagline:
The most beautiful woman of our time in the most erotic adventure of all time. more
Plot:
The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Absolutely the worst Tarzan film ever made more (46 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Bo Derek ... Jane Parker

Richard Harris ... James Parker
John Phillip Law ... Harry Holt

Miles O'Keeffe ... Tarzan
Akushula Selayah ... Africa
Steve Strong ... Ivory King
Maxime Philoe ... Riano
Leonard Bailey ... Feathers
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Club Member
Laurie Main ... Club Member
Harold Ayer ... Club Member
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 (cut) (1981) | Iceland:L | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Seychelles more

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Trivia:
The stunt coordinator on this film was Jock Mahoney, who actually played Tarzan in two early 1960s films. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The movie takes place in 1910, but at one point, James Parker sings the English hymn "Jerusalem." While the words were written by William Blake as the preface to his epic poem "Milton" in 1804, the music was not written until 1916 by C. Hubert H. Parry. more
Quotes:
[It's night. We hear Tarzan yelling]
Parker: Oh, shut up, you boring son of a bitch!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Great British Sunday (2008) (TV) more

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20 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
Absolutely the worst Tarzan film ever made, 19 May 1999
1/10
Author: granl from Markham, Ontario

For that matter one of the worst FILMS ever made. Plot goes as follows. Slog through jungle looking areas for 10 minutes or so. Have Bo go somewhere and strip. Slog through the jungle some more. Give Bo another excuse to strip. Back to the jungle. Oh look! There's a Tarzan looking guy! Strip, Bo - strip. Kill the safari people. Tarzan looking guy has a fight scene. Saves Bo. Bo strips. Run credits. Run credits, run.

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