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Tarzan movie storyline. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs once suggested that animation would be the ideal medium to bring his Tarzan to the screen, and 81 years after the first film about the famous ape-man, Disney brings us the first full-length animated film starring the King of the Jungle. After a disaster at sea causes their ship to sink off the coast of Africa, a British couple finds their way to shore with their infant son in tow. However, the parents are killed by a leopard, leaving the baby to fend for himself.
The child is discovered by a gorilla named Kala (voice of Glenn Close), mate of Kerchak (voice of Lance Henriksen), the leader of the tribe of apes. While Kerchak is taken aback by the foundling and would just as soon leave him in the jungle, Kala’s maternal nature is stirred. Kala and Kerchak take the baby with them, naming him Tarzan and raising him among their own.
Although Tarzan (voice of Tony Goldwyn) grows up painfully aware that he’s different from the apes, he comes to love and respect the gorillas and learns their ways, while they accept him into their tribe as he grows to adulthood. However, Tarzan’s idyllic life in the jungle is changed forever by the arrival of Professor Porter (voice of Nigel Hawthorne), his daughter Jane (voice of Minnie Driver), and their guide, a hunter named Clayton (voice of Brian Blessed).
The Professor and Jane have arrived in Africa to study the wildlife in its natural habitat, although Clayton would prefer to bag as many trophies as he can. When the explorers encounter Tarzan, they at first think they’ve discovered the missing link, although soon realize that he’s as human as they are. Tarzan finds himself torn between his desire to be with his own kind (and the new, unfamiliar emotions that he feels for Jane) and his loyalties to the gorilla family that raised him — especially since Clayton sees the apes not as friends but as prey.
Dominated by fast-paced jungle action sequences, Tarzan is a 1999 American animated drama adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. The 37th Disney animated feature film and the last film produced during the Disney Renaissance era, it is based on the story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is the first animated major motion picture version of the Tarzan story.
Directed by Chris Buck and Kevin Lima with a screenplay by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, and Noni White, Tarzan features the voices of Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, and Rosie O’Donnell with Brian Blessed, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight, and Nigel Hawthorne.also features voices by Rosie O’Donnell and Wayne Knight, as well as new songs by Phil Collins.
Pre-production of Tarzan began in 1995 with Kevin Lima selected as director,[3] being later joined by animator Chris Buck the same year. Following a first draft by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, and Dave Reynolds were brought in to re-construct the third act and add additional humor to the screenplay. English musician Phil Collins was recruited to compose and record songs which were integrated with a score by Mark Mancina.
Meanwhile, the production team embarked on a research trip to Uganda and Kenya to study the gorillas. Animation for the film was done in California, Orlando, Florida, and Paris with Deep Canvas, the pioneering computer animation software system, predominantly used to create three-dimensional backgrounds.
Tarzan (1999)
Directed by: Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Alex D. Linz, Rosie O’Donnell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Hawthorne, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight, Taylor Dempsey
Screenplay by: Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White
Film Editing by: Gregory Perler
Art Direction by: Dan St. Pierre, Pixote Hunt
Music by: Mark Mancina
MPAA Rating: G for all audience.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: June 16, 1999
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