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The Emerald Forest (1985)
Directed by John Boorman
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For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that’s when Bill’s adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to “rescue” him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill’s idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.
Rated R | Length 114 minutes
Actors
Powers Boothe | Charley Boorman | Meg Foster | Yara Vaneau | William Rodriguez | Estee Chandler | Dira Paes | Eduardo Conde | Ariel Coelho | Peter Marinker | Mario Borges | Átila Iório | Gabriel Arcanjo | Gracindo Júnior | Arthur Muhlenberg | Chico Terto | Ruy Polanah | Maria Helena Velasco | Tetchie Agbayani | Paulo Vinicius | Aloisio Flores | Joao Mauricio Carvalho | Isabel Bicudo | Patricia Prisco | Silvana de Faria
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/17/2015 | TV | DVD | Rented | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Pretty beautifully filmed on location and not a bad movie at all. Its environmentalism feels naive and dated but it was the mid-eighties so I forgive it.
Meg Foster is barely in this. It’s weird seeing a young Charley Boorman in this though, since I primarily know him as the slightly overweight and whiny companion to Ewan MacGregor on the Long Way Round and Long Way Down series.
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