The Emerald Forest(Movie, 1985)

Name: The Emerald Forest
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 1985
Duration: T01:54:00
Rating: 3.3

| 1h 54min | Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 119 votes)

The Emerald Forest is a 1985 British adventure drama film set in the Brazilian rainforest, directed by John Boorman, written by Rospo Pallenberg, and starring Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, and Charley Boorman with supporting roles by Rui Polanah, Tetchie Agbayani, Dira Paes, Estee Chandler, and Eduardo Conde. The film tells the story of an American boy who is kidnapped by an indigenous tribe in the Amazon jungle. It is allegedly based on a true story, although the accuracy of this claim has been disputed. The film was screened out of competition at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival, where it was chosen as the closing film. In promoting the film for awards competition, Boorman created the first Oscar screeners, but the film received no Academy Award nominations. ()

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About The Emerald Forest

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.

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The Emerald Forest (Modern Trailer)(Trailer, 1:58)

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Additional Information

Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Rio de Janeiro

Plays in: Brazil

Made by: Christel Films

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Portuguese (PT)

Translated into 24 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/26/1985 (World premiere: 06/22/1985)

Cast: Powers Boothe, Charley Boorman, Meg Foster, Tetchie Agbayani, Dira Paes, Gracindo Júnior, Evandro Mesquita

Director: John Boorman

Producer: John Boorman

Screenwriter: Rospo Pallenberg

Film Editor: Ian Crafford

Director of Photography: Philippe Rousselot

Composer: Brian Gascoigne

Production Designer: Simon Holland

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"John Boorman's The Emerald Forest"

"Het smaragden woud"

"A Floresta das Esmeraldas"

"Smaragdenio dasos"

"애정의 숲"

"Het Smaragdgroene Oerwoud"

Keywords: parent child relationship, deforestation, based on true story, missing child, rainforest, jungle, child kidnapping, indigenous peoples, amazon rainforest, south america

Revenue: 24,467,000 USD

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