Tarzan in a display at an Ankara amusement park "Tarzan" is the ape-name of John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke, according to Burroughs's Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle. (Later, less canonical sources, notably the 1984 film Greystoke, make him Earl of Greystoke.) The narrator in Tarzan of the Apes describes both "Clayton" and "Greystoke" as fictitious names, implying that, within the fictional world ...
Tarzan: Directed by Chris Buck, Kevin Lima. With Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Brian Blessed, Glenn Close. A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.
The first Tarzan movie was brought to the screen only four years after Burroughs published his first novel, Tarzan of the Apes in 1912. This was a silent film and a handful of films of the same format followed. Burroughs and several co-authors went on to publish 24 sequels over the years, and this led to plenty of storylines for movies and TV shows over the years that followed. Seven of the ...
Tarzan is the titular protagonist of Disney 's 1999 animated feature film of the same name. Tarzan was raised by a troop of gorillas after his parents were killed by the bloodthirsty leopardess Sabor. Tarzan would grow to become the valiant protector of the natural world, all the while remaining blissfully unaware of his true heritage, until a chance encounter with Jane Porter, a human woman.
Tarzan, one of the best-known and most durable figures of popular fiction, the hero of jungle adventures in numerous novels and movies.
Tarzan’s civilized persona is but a thin veneer he gladly peels off when he roams far from his eastern African estate, seeking out adventure, dealing justice to wrong-doers, and exploring the mysteries of lost realms forgotten by time.
Together with his wisecracking ape buddy Terk and neurotic elephant pal Tantor, Tarzan learns how to "surf" and swing through the trees and survive in the jungle. As Tarzan matures into a young man, his life changes forever when he finally meets other humans, with whom he feels an immediate and irresistible bond.
Feature Films Tarzan Disney's magnificent animated adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs's story of the ape man begins deep within the jungle when baby Tarzan is adopted by a family of gorillas. Even though he is shunned as a "hairless wonder" by their leader, Tarzan is accepted by the gorillas and raised as one of their own.