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Gorillas in the Mist

starring: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson
directed by: Michael Apted

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783233529
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783233523
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 13, 1999
Running Time: 129 minutes
Sales Rank: 11754
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 1988



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A powerful beautifully rendered portrait of diane fossey real-life protector of the african mountain gorillas. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 10/24/2006 Starring: Sigourney Weaver Bryan Brown Run time: 150 minutes Rating: Pg13

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Sigourney Weaver more than earned her Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Gorillas in the Mist, dominating every frame of Michael Apted's biopic about primatologist Dian Fossey. Tenderly mothering an orphaned gorilla infant or terrorizing an African poacher with a staged lynching, the statuesque star is never less than fiercely focused, a glamorous warrior for animal rights. As the amateur scientist who researched and spotlighted Rwanda's endangered mountain gorillas in National Geographic, Weaver is the passionate heart that keeps an otherwise flaccid film alive--whether bracing anthropologist Louis Leakey to forcibly offer her services as census-taker of the mountain gorillas; or hanging out with the noble animals until she becomes the first person on record to make friendly physical contact with them; or waging sometimes-physical war on natives and Europeans who decimate the gorillas for trophies or zoo fodder. Unfortunately, the film's stodgy script and direction simply document Fossey's magnificent obsession, offering no insight into what lonely impulse of the soul led this extraordinary woman to climb up an African mountain to bond so strongly with gorillas. Cardboard characters include an eternally smiling, sexless African soulmate (John Omirah Miluwi), a perfect boyfriend (Bryan Brown) who has to be dumped in favor of gorilla-love, and stereotypical villains. Still, the African scenery is spectacular, and who can resist the cross-species thrill when the huge dark hand of Digit, Fossey's favorite, first rests in her outstretched palm? Gorillas in the Mist will please those who savor Sigourney Weaver's Amazonian fervor and the pure fire of her physical and spiritual passion--and harbor a slightly misanthropic fondness for liaisons between beauties and beasts. --Kathleen Murphy



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Portrait of a wildlife warrior
Despite the requisite Hollywood cliches, this is a great film. Dian Fossey didn't know what she was ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Gorilla's in the Mist
An incredible movie about an incredible person and the creatures she loved. This movie is enjoyable ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Gorillas in the Mist
Set in the 1970s, Michael Apted's reverential biopic about the life and murder of primatologist and ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Classic
My thirteen year old wants to be a zoologist. She watched this movie with her mouth open. A great ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - In the mind of a gorilla
We must thank the director and salute Sigourney Weaver's beautiful performance: this movie gives us ... Read More

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