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''Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'' is a 1984 British film directed by Hugh Hudson and based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (1912). Christopher Lambert stars as Tarzan (though the name Tarzan is never used in the film's dialogue) and Andie MacDowell as Jane; the cast also includes Ralph Richardson (in his final film appearance), Ian Holm, James Fox, Cheryl Campbell, and Ian Charleson. The film received a mixed-to-positive critical reception upon its release, with many praising the film as a welcome return of Tarzan to the silver screen after 1981's ''Tarzan, the Ape Man'' starring Bo Derek. ''Greystoke'' went on to receive three Academy Award nominations at the 57th Academy Awards ceremony for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Richardson, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and Best Makeup. It became the first ever Tarzan feature film to be nominated for an Academy Award, while the Disney animated feature film adaptation became the first one to win an Academy Award (Best Original Song for "You'll Be in My Heart"). ==Plot== John, Lord Clayton (Paul Geoffrey), the heir to the 6th Earl of Greystoke, and his wife Alice (Cheryl Campbell) set sail and are quickly shipwrecked on the African coast. After John (or 'Jack') builds a home in the trees, Alice gives birth to a son. Soon after, Alice grows delirious and dies. When Lord Clayton finds her recently dead, the tree house is visited by curious gorillas, and John is killed by one of the apes. The female of the group, Kala, carries her dead infant, but upon hearing the cries of the infant human in his crib, she adopts the boy and raises him among the family of Mangani. The little human child thus grows up naked, wild, and free. At age 5, the boy (Danny Potts) is still trying to fit in with his ape family. When a black panther attacks, he learns how to swim to evade it while another gorilla is killed. At age 12, the boy (Eric Langlois) discovers the tree-house in which he lived as a baby with his mother and father and finds a wooden block, with pictures of both a boy and a chimpanzee painted on it. It is there, after seeing himself in a mirror, that the physical difference between him and the rest of his ape family is made more apparent. He later discovers his father's hunting knife and how it works. The objects fascinate the naked ape boy, who carries them with him. Years pass, and the young man (still naked, but now wearing a belt to hold his hunting knife) becomes the dominant male of the ape group. He protects and shows love toward his adopted mother, father and siblings. He loses his mother (Kala) to a hunting party of natives and kills one of them. He is intensely aggrieved by his mother's death and cannot reconcile this event, wailing and howling forlornly at the sky. Years later, a Walloon, Philippe D'Arnot (Ian Holm), leads a band of British adventurers along the river, though he is disgusted by their boorish nature and love of 'blood and sport'. A band of natives attack the party, killing everyone except Philippe, who is injured and conceals himself in the trees. The now half-naked man (Christopher Lambert) finds Philippe and nurses him back to health. D'Arnot discovers that the man is a natural mimic and teaches him to speak rudimentary English. D'Arnot deduces that this man is the son of the late Lord John and Lady Alice of Greystoke and calls the man "Jean" (the French version of John). Jean agrees to return to England with his benefactor and reunite with his human family. On arrival at Greystoke (Floors Castle), the family's country estate in the Lowlands of Scotland, John is welcomed by his grandfather, The 6th Earl of Greystoke (Sir Ralph Richardson), and his ward, a young American woman called Jane (played by Andie MacDowell and voiced by Glenn Close). The Earl is now elderly and has obviously suffered from the loss of his son and daughter-in-law years earlier, displaying eccentric behaviour and sometimes forgetting that John is his grandson, not his son returned. John is seen as a novelty by the local social set, and some of his behaviour is seen as threatening and savage. He befriends a young mentally disabled worker on the estate and in his company relaxes into his natural behaviour. Jane teaches John more English, French, and social skills (such as table manners and dancing), and the two become very close, making love one evening in secret. Lord Greystoke seems to enjoy renewed vigor at the return of his grandson and, reminiscing about his childhood game of using a silver tray as a toboggan on a large flight of stairs in the grand house, decides to relive the old pastime. He crashes at the foot of the stairs and slowly dies, apparently from a head injury, in the arms of his grandson. At his passing, John displays similar emotion and lack of understanding about death as he did in Africa following the death of his adoptive mother. Jane helps John through his grief, and the two become engaged. Having inherited the title Earl of Greystoke, John visits the Natural History Museum in South Kensington in London with Jane. During their visit, John is disturbed by the crude displays of stuffed animals. He discovers many caged apes from Africa, including his adoptive ape father, Kerchak. The two recognise one another, and John breaks open the cage and escapes with Kerchak before releasing other caged animals, pursued by police and museum officials. They make it to a woodland park, but when Kerchak climbs a tree to avoid capture, he is fatally shot and John is devastated to lose yet another loved one, yelling to the crowd, "He was my father!" That night, John, 7th Earl of Greystoke, rides his carriage in circles in front of his country house, howling to the sky and wailing "Father!" Feeling that he cannot assimilate to the cruel nature of human society, John decides to return to Africa and reunite with his gorilla family. Philippe and Jane escort him back to Africa and to the jungle where Philippe and John first met. There, John changes back into his loincloth, then returns to the world and life he understands. Jane does not join him, but Philippe expresses his hope that perhaps they may someday be reunited. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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