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What other Tarzan adaptation would you recommend?

posted 13 years ago by red_rackham_77
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I have seen so many so I recommend the whole lot except the Bo Derek Tarzan film, that was horriably done.

Weissmuller's Tarzan
Barker's (okay but Weissmuller rules!)
See the Lincoln for respect of the first Tarzan featured film.
Godon Scott (wasn't that bad either)
Greystoke, I loved that one, seen it when I was little and it was one of the few that actually was going by the book. At least a little not all the way but a little and Lambert, did great with the animal and ape imitation.
Wolf Larson Tarzan TV series, I liked it for a series from the 1990, it felt like watching the Weissmuller, Barker etc Tarzan series but as a tv series.
Joe Lara did alright for me as Tarzan in both the tv movie and the tv series, at least they made him the way the book described Tarzan; a brunett which brings me to the last tv series of Tarzan. 2003 when CW was a respectful WB which played great shows, Tarzan was made into a modern version with Jane as a NY cop and Tarzan learning to survive in the jungles of NY. Oh and avoiding his uncle who wishes to control him and the Greystoke family business.

Oh yes and this Disney adaptation, it is great for laughs and for the kid but will never live up to the Tarzan books.

[–] liscarkat-2 13 years ago

In 1935, Herman Brix (later known as Bruce Bennett) starred in "The New Adventures of Tarzan", which was produced by Edgar Rice Burroughs with a screenplay adapted from one of his story outlines. This was the first time, prior to the 1960s, that Tarzan was portrayed as Burroughs imagined him, articulate and literate. The movie was filmed in Guatamala with an authentic jungle backdrop, rather than the oaks and sycamores of southern California. In 1962, Jock Mahoney, a 41-year-old former stunt man, played the ape man in "Tarzan Goes to India", which was filmed on location in the rain forest of the titular country. Once again, Tarzan was presented as the well-spoken man Burroughs envisaged rather than as a grunting primitive. Mahoney followed up with a second picture called "Tarzan's Three Challenges". Also recommended is the late-1960s American television series that starred Ron Ely, "Tarzan". Ely, a good actor, did all of his own stunts and was excellent in the role, portraying the main character as an educated man and not an inarticulate oaf. The series was filmed in the jungles of Brazil and Mexico.