Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)

This movie helped usher in the " Color" Tarzan movie era! Once presented to the public in Black & White this version takes total advantage of color! they even use previous footage tinted blue of a beautiful to scale battle between Tarzan & a 15+ foot Crocodile. If you can get passed a Blonde-Haired Tarzan...there is no reason you wouldn't want to add this gem to your movie library. In fact, if you are a Tarzan enthusiast this is a must have! Without having the movie before me I can't say with 100% confidence, but I do believe this ushered in the colored Tarzan era! While Johnny Weissmuller Sr. was forced to suffer an inarticulate Tarzan...following the scripts handed to him by both M.G.M. & The other movie studio that together produced a staggering 12 movies. Herman Brix/ Bruce Benett gave us the truest version of an intelligent, articulate, world traveling Tarzan as written by E.R.B., this movie ushered in the colorized era of Tarzan films which eventually gave us Tarzan as written by E.R.B. This is a fine product! It is worthy in any movie library & definitely a must have movie for those collecting E.R.B. books turned into movies. I will close by stating they took full advantage of using color in films! This movie is worthy of study in the use of color in movies! Absolutely beautiful!!! Blu-Ray, DVD. Purchase without hesitation. A classic as well as a seminal moment in movie history, concerning Tarzan! I'm sure Mr. Weissmuller Sr. is loudly yelling his patented Tarzan yell! So loved by E.R.B. that he wrote both Johnny & his yell into the official Tarzan cannon! This is a movie not to be missed!

As a longtime fan of the Tarzan films, I was happy to learn that this rarely-seen MGM production from 1959 was getting a DVD release. The film itself was an attempt to reboot the character independent of the long-running film series that began with the Johnny Weismuller film of the same name in 1932. This film hit theaters the same year as Paramount's "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure," starring Gordon Scott. Tarzan the Ape Man is a game attempt at recapturing what made the earlier film, and the character, so popular. Although it's ultimately no more faithful to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original stories than most film versions, it does a largely-credible job of updating the story for the time. Color had only come to the official series a couple of years earlier, so seeing Tarzan's jungle exploits in vivid Technicolor definitely brought new life to the character. Unfortunately, MGM's budget (around $680,000 according to the IMDB) meant that a lot of corner were cut. The use of animal stock footage in a Tarzan picture had been around since the 1930's, but Tarzan the Ape Man takes things a step further by recycling recognizable footage from previous Tarzan films. The character's trademark yell is even dubbed from the Weismuller films. Even if you accept all those things, the use of BLACK AND WHITE footage from Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan and His Mate (1934), mixed in with the color footage of the new film, is really difficult to overlook. As the new Tarzan, Denny Miller looks the part, but simply lacks the charisma or gravitas of other actors who've inhabited the role. Joann Barnes as Jane Parker comes off slightly better, but honestly, no one here really stands out. Director Joseph Newman tries to keep things moving; and taken purely as a b-budget adventure title, the film isn't that bad. Warner does its typical serviceable no-frills job with the DVD. I did notice the colors shifting just a bit in a few scenes, but it was over very quickly. Considering this is a minor film that even many hardcore Tarzan fans don't really embrace, it seems unlikely we'll ever see any further restoration of the source material. A good clean print of the film's theatrical trailer is also included. I'd recommend this one only for hardcore Tarzan fans who want to complete their collections. For the casual viewer, just stick with Weismuller.

Meh

I still remember this movie 50 years ago... obviously, time is cruel and this movie is not so good as a little boy's memories can be remembered. Anyway! Denny Miller is great and looks great. The worst thing, many scenes taken from "King Solomon mines", yes the one with Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr.

I love Tarzan, not Johnny weimuller, but a good watch.

I said it all in the title : WHAT A BAD MOVIE made out of bits & pieces stolen from other MGM movies…

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I was looking for this movie for a long time and was very glad to find it.

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Not seen this in decades thought i'd add it to my tarzan collection. The 1st tarzan filmed in colour. But the old stock animal colour made it not so good and also they were still using b/w footage of him swing through trees tryng to make it look like night time. That din work too so made on shoestring i have seen worse ones was entertaining for a while. If your a tarzan fan like me worth getting it.

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MGM's Remake Of Their 1932 Classic Tarzan The Ape Man. The original starred Johnny Weismuller actually Weismuller's first Tarzan movie. This 1959 remake featured Denny Miller in The lead role. Miller had played comedic ape man Type roles on TV particularly on Gilligans Island but This was his one and only stab at playing Edgar Rice Burroughs legendary character and he doesn't Do a bad job. with very few actual lines Throughout The movie staying faithful To Burroughs original concept of The character he manages To deliver a sturdy performance. with most of The original Tarzan movies shot in black & white clearly The splendor of Tarzan's Technicolor jungle help The film along The main problem with The movie not a lot really happens in it. like The original it's all about ivory hunting and The fabled elephants Graveyard we Don't really get any big action set scenes as you would expect to see in a movie like This. It would not be a Tarzan movie without Tarzan fighting a crocodile of sorts Though even This is lifted from an earlier Weismuller movie Tinted To fit in with the colour of the movie along with some of The Tree swinging scenes. That said just like The original The actual elephants Graveyard scenes at The climax of The movie are very well done and Quite unsettling in places. with a New Tarzan MGM olso gave us a New Jane in The shape of pretty Joanne Barnes. We Don't get To see her scantily clad like previous Jane's of The movies but The role of Jane is more fleshed out allowing Joanne Barnes more screen Time instead of just being stuck in The Tree house and she really comes over Quite perky in This movie just look at The scenes when she firsts meets her mate. still This is Denny Millers one and only Tarzan film and along with Joanne Barnes They manage To churn out a very watchable movie admit it probably won't be The best Tarzan movie you will ever see but it's certainly not The worst and well worth a look. The DVD boasts a very good print colour and sound are excellent The Disc features The original Trailer for The film clearly promoting Their New star Don't be put off by The four stars That's simply just for The movie alone.

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