USA, 1998
88m 28s, 7,962 feet
35mm film, digital video (Texas Instruments DLP 1280 x 1024), Technicolor, 1.85:1
SDDS, Dolby Digital, Digital DTS, English
An American animated fantasy film directed by Chris Buck and Kevin Lima.
Plot Summary
Orphaned in the jungles of Africa as a baby, Tarzan is raised by a group of apes, specifically by his ape-mother Kala. As a young man, he rescues an expedition and when he meets one of their number, Jane Porter, he not only discovers love but also realises for the first time that he isn’t ape but human; and an agonising decision awaits – should he stay with Kala and the apes or should he return life with humans?
Credits
Crew
Directors: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Walt Disney Productions
Producer: Bonnie Arnold
Associate Producer: Christopher Chase
Script: Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White
Novel: Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Additional Screenplay Material: David Reynolds, Jeffrey Stepakoff
Tarzan Supervising Animator: Glen Keane
Jane Supervising Animator: Ken Stuart Duncan
Kala Supervising Animator: Russ Edmonds
Young, Baby Tarzan Supervising Animator: John Ripa
Terk Supervising Animator: Michael Surrey
Clayton Supervising Animator: Randy Haycock
Porter Supervising Animator: David Burgess
Kerchak Supervising Animator: Bruce W. Smith
Tantor Supervising Animator: Sergio Pablos
Sabor Supervising Animator: Dominique Monfery
Ape Family Supervising Animator: Jay Jackson
Baboons, Baby Baboon Supervising Animator: Bruce W. Smith
Flynt, Mungo Supervising Animator: Chris Wahl
Artistic Coordinator: Fraser MacLean
Camera, Film Recorder Operators: John D. Aardal, John Derderian, Jennie Kepenek Mouzis
Editor: Gregory Perler
Music: Mark Mancina
Vocal, Creature Sound Design: Scott Martin Gershin
Visual Effects Supervising 3D Effects Animator: Dan Chaika
Visual Effects Supervising Animator: Mark Myer
Art Director: Daniel St. Pierre
Cast
Brian Blessed (Clayton)
Glenn Close (Kala)
Minnie Driver (Jane)
Tony Goldwyn (Tarzan)
Nigel Hawthorne (Professor Porter)
Lance Henriksen (Kerchak)
Wayne Knight (Tantor)
Alex D. Linz (young Tarzan)
Rosie O’Donnell (Terk)
Taylor Dempsey (young Tantor)
Beth Anderson, Jack Angel, Joseph Ashton, Robert Bergen, Billy Warren Bodine, Hillary Brooks, Rodger Bumpass, Lily Collins, Kat Cressida, Jim Cummings, Aria Curzon, Jennifer Darling, Debi Derryberry, Patti Deutsch, Paul Eiding, Blake Ewing, Francesca Falcone, Michael Geiger, Scott Gershin, Sam Gifaldi, Amy Gleason, Jackie Gonneau, Debbie Hall, Jonnie Hall, Sandie Hall, Tina Halvorson, Linda Harmon, Karen Harper, Micah Hauptman, Jennifer L. Hughes, Grady Hutt, Luana Jackman, Adam Karpel, Theo Lebow, Brandon Lucas, Ricky Lucchese, James Lively, Sherry Lynn, Melissa MacKay, Danny Mann, Ilana Marks, Jason Marsden, Mickie T. McGowan, Donna Medine, Nils Montan, Bobbi Page, Brandon Pollard, Phil Proctor, Scott Record, Michael Reagan, Ian Redford, Jessica Rotter, Chris Sanders, Stephanie Sawyer, Laura Schillinger, Brianne Siddall, Frank Simms, Susan Stevens Logan, Shane Sweet, Tiffany Takara, Dominic Thiroux, Jamie Torcellini, Erik von Detten, Joe Whyte, Danielle Wiener (additional voices)
Links
Sequels
Tarzan (1999b)
Tarzan of the Apes (1999)
The Legend of Tarzan (2001)
References
Periodicals
- Empire no.127 (January 2000) p.152 – illustrated article
- Entertainment Weekly no.491, 492 (25 June 1999) pp.101-102 – review (The King of Swing by Lisa Schwarzbaum)
- Entertainment Weekly no.493 (9 July 1999) pp.36-38 – review (The Vine King by Steve Daly)
- Entertainment Weekly no.524 (4 February 2000) pp.75-76 – review (Simply Da Vine (A-) by Steve Daly)
- Film-Echo, Filmwoche no.45 (13 November 1999) pp.14-15 – illustrated short article
- Film Français no.2801 (12 November 1999) p.25 – illustrated short article
- Film Review November 1999 p.24 – illustrated review
- Premiere no.273 (December 1999) p.59 – illustrated review
- Premiere vol.13 no.1 (September 1999) p.38 – review (Gaffe Squad by Alex Lewin)
- Rolling Stone no.816/817 (8 July 1999) p.164 – review (by Peter Travers)
- Sight and Sound vol.9 no.11 (November 1999) pp.58-59 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review
- Ultimate DVD no.7 (July 2000) p.8 – illustrated article (Disney’s de-vine Tarzan DVD)
- Variety vol.375 no.4 (7 June 1999) pp.29, 49 (USA) – credits, review (Tarzan Swings Into Nonstop Toon Action by Todd McCarthy)
Newspapers
- Arbetet Ny Tid 12 November 1999 pp.2:16 – review (Animerad Tarzan med undertexter by Sven E. Olsson)
- Göteborgs-Posten 12 November 1999 p.51 – review (Tarzans heder ater by Mats Johnson)
- Svenska Dagbladet 12 November 1999 – review (Full fart bland lianerna by Bo Ludvigsson)
- Sydsvenska Dagbladet 12 November 1999 p.B7 – review (Sötsliskig Tarzan mera aplik by Jan Aghed)
Books
- The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Films second edition by John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh pp.438-440 – illustrated credits, review (by J.C.T. [John C. Tibbetts])
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.535
