Investigating Tarzan

Investigating Tarzan
Directed by Alain d' Aix
Produced by Nathalie Barton
Written by Alain d' Aix
Music by Michel Donato
James Gelfand
Cinematography Alberto Feio
Philippe Lavalette
Edited by Alain Despres
Production
company
InformAction Films
Distributed by Cinéma Libre
Mediamax International
Release dates
 1997
Running time
 52 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Investigating Tarzan is a 1997 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Alain d 'Aix for InformAction Films to investigate the history and cultural impact of the character of Tarzan and the books and films in which the character was depicted.[1][2]

Background

The documentary features interviews with Edgar Rice Burroughs' grandson Danton Burroughs, Tarzan film actors Denny Miller and Gordon Scott, Sheena film actors Tanya Roberts and France Zobda, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr., primate-specializing actor Peter Elliott, and Edgar Rice Burroughs historian Scott Tracy Griffin,[1][3][4][5][6] and was filmed on location in Tarzana, California, at the 1996 'Dum Dum', an annual gathering of the Edgar Rice Burroughs' fan society 'The Burroughs Bibliophiles'. Aspects of the Tarzan mystique were discussed, including the racism inherent in Tarzan and other Burroughs novels.[7]

Recognition

The Seattle Times wrote the film was a "surprisingly thorough survey of the history of Edgar Rice Burroughs' most famous creation," and shared that the film follows the character of Tarzan from his 1912 "birth" in the All-Story Magazine, to his 1918 silent film debut, and through the character's "success in comic books and novels, on radio and television," expanding on how one of the keys to the early success of the Tarzan films was due stock footage in MGM's archives left from the 1929 filming of their 1931 film Trader Horn allowing access to "cheap jungle footage".[1]

Awards and Nominations

References

  1. 1 2 3 John Hartl (June 1, 1997). "`Investigating Tarzan' Uncovers The Apeman". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tarzan Still Swingin' After All These Years". Free Lance-Star (Google News Archives). June 5, 1997. p. 46. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Tarzan Swings Again; In the Jungle of Our Memories, He'll Always Be King". The Washington Post. June 6, 1997. pp. B.01.
  4. ↑ "Tarzan Swung Through a Jungle of Innocence". Sun Herald. June 6, 1997. pp. A10.
  5. ↑ Diane Werts (June 5, 1997). "They Were Swingers Then". Newsday.
  6. ↑ "Investigating Tarzan". Informactionfilms.com. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  7. ↑ Johnny Weissmuller, W. Craig Reed (2002). Tarzan, My Father. ECW Press. pp. 13, 215–216. ISBN 1-55022-522-7.

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