Regardless sheĮventually needs his help when a Burmese python attacks. That Tarzan is kind of a nice piece of beefcake. Stems from the idea of being alone in this dangerous jungle or the fact Is able to frighten him off with her gun, but after Tarzan runs away Standard non-consensual jungle elopement. What he does with Jane mere moments later.
Now thisĭoesn’t mean Tarzan isn’t capable of abducting a woman as that’s exactly Turns out there is a particularly nasty and colourful tribe up on thisĮscarpment, and they are the ones who made off with Africa. “White Ape” and killing it, but it wasn’t Tarzan who stole the woman, Is abducted the old codger becomes incensed with tracking down this When James Parker’s native squeeze, who he named Africa for some reason ( Akushula Selayah), “We're not safe 'til his head is mounted on my wall! I say we kill the Beast!” Taste, and even more questionable legality. Would see a human head mounted on a wall as something of questionable Would work as I think even the British Aristocracy of the Explorers Club James Parker is all set to hunt down this bastard who dared touch hisĭaughter, and mount the beast’s head on his wall. Was a tad rapey at the start, and decades later not much has changed. Even in the 1932 version the beginning of their relationship Terrible “ Will they, won’t they” relationship between TarzanĪnd Jane. Tarzan and the lion terrify the half-naked Jane for a while Holtįinally shows up to chase the two jungle jerks off. “ So Numa, that’s what a human female looks like. It’s while Jane is gaddingĪbout in the surf that she first encounters Tarzan ( Miles O’Keefe) and his lion wingman. The location of the elephant’s graveyard. The top of the escarpment, after losing the required native bearer, theįind the fabled “ Inland Sea” which according to legend is near Editing clichés canīe found even in the darkest parts of Africa.
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“I played the master criminal Diabolik, for Christ’s sake!”ĭoes not want Jane along on this expedition, but because this movie hasĪbout a teaspoon of originality anytime James forbids her something theįilm will than smash cut to Jane getting her way. This one Holt ( John Philip Law) is nothing but a neutered cameraman who just follows Jane and her dad around taking pictures. The 1932 version Harry Holt was a rival for Jane’s affection, but in OfĬourse weird sexual tension between Jane and her father is nothingĬompared to the later stuff between Jane and Tarzan’s ape friends. To say the scenes between James and his daughter are creepy,īizarre and rife with sexual tension would be putting it mildly. Just what the hell is this supposed to represent?įather is not happy to see her, he abandoned her and her mother shortlyĪfter she was born so he could go off adventuring, and now that hisīeloved wife is dead he has to deal with his hot daughter crashing in on It basically fails as a film all together. Director John Derekĭoes his best to make this film into the most beautiful softcoreĮrotica ever made, but the film eventually fails both as erotica, and asĪ Tarzan movie. On route to the Parker camp Jane isįorced to shoot an attempted rapist, and that kind of sets the bizarre The movie begins with narration provided by Wilfrid Hyde-White as he tells the story to his fellow members of the Explorers Club, the story of how Jane Parker ( Bo Derek) came to Africa looking for father James Parker ( Richard “I need more Scotch” Harris)Īnd fell in love with a jungle man. Who exactly would follow this guy anywhere? White explorers were able to constantly find so many locals willing to Life of at least one of the native bearers. Our heroes will have to climb a perilous escarpment that will claim the Partner named Harry Holt as he did in the 1932 version. Legendary elephant’s graveyard, something Tarzan never did in the booksīut is constantly happening in the movies, and Jane’s dad even has a The plot deals with Jane’s father hunting for the Prevent the film from seeing the light of day, but failed. The studio over the film's graphic sexual nature.They did their best to It was so far from the source material that the Burroughs Estate sued The 1932 MGM Tarzan, the Ape Man starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan than anything to do with the source material. Movie states that it is based on the characters created by Edgar Riceīurroughs, and though this is roughly true this film is more a remake of Turkey, and one look at the poster certainly told us who the star of Bo and John Derek together actedĪs lead star, producer, director and cinematographer of this cinematic Tarzan, the Ape Man was marketed with the tagline, “ Unlike any other "Tarzan" you've ever seen!”Īnd boy is that exactly what we got. Over the years Tarzan in films has been many things, from monosyllabicĬaveman to eloquent hero, but not until Bo Derek and her husband cameĪlong did we ever get one like this.