Nachdem der Sohn des Ingenieurs Bill Markham von einem Ureinwohnerstamm am Rande des Regenwaldes entführt wurde, verbringt der Ingenieur die nächsten 10 Jahre auf der Suche nach ihm.Nachdem der Sohn des Ingenieurs Bill Markham von einem Ureinwohnerstamm am Rande des Regenwaldes entführt wurde, verbringt der Ingenieur die nächsten 10 Jahre auf der Suche nach ihm.Nachdem der Sohn des Ingenieurs Bill Markham von einem Ureinwohnerstamm am Rande des Regenwaldes entführt wurde, verbringt der Ingenieur die nächsten 10 Jahre auf der Suche nach ihm.
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- Hauptbesetzung
- Nominiert für 3 BAFTA Awards
- 5 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Trader
- (as Atilia Iorio)
- Carlos
- (as Gracindo Junior)
- Wanadi
- (as Rui Polanah)
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An ecological adventure with mystical touches that was ahead of its time in denounce about forest destruction . This exciting film contains thrills , emotion , adventure and action scenes of infighting between violent rival tribes that generate a lot of entertainment . Inspired by an uncredited story about a Peruvian whose son disappeared under similar circumstances . According to director John Boorman's book 'Money Into Light', his initial choice for the part of Tomme was C. Thomas Howell. When he was unavailable, John decided to use his own son Charley for the part. He plays a boy grabbed by tribesmen whose community is facing disappearance because of the building of a massive dam designed and built by his daddy . Glamorous and lush cinematography by Philippe Rousselot who photographs wonderfully the Amazon jungle , obviously filmed under difficult conditions on location .
This engrossing and enjoyable film with interesting screenplay by Rosco Pallenberg was well directed by John Boorman . He's a good professional filmmaking from the 6os , though sparsely scattered and giving various classics . John started as an assistant direction and his friendship with Lee Marvin allowed him to work in Hollywood as ¨Point Blank¨ (1967) and ¨Hell in the Pacific¨ (1968) from where he returned to the UK and directed ¨Leo¨ (1970) , a rare Sci-Fi titled ¨Zardoz¨ (1974) or the ¨failure Exorcist II¨ (1977). His films are without exception among the most exciting visually in the modern cinema . He became famous for Excalibur (1981), the best of them , ¨Emerald forest¨ (1985) with a ecologist denounce included and his autobiographic story ¨Hope and Glory¨ (1987) and which brought him another Academy Award Nomination after ¨Deliverance¨ . Rating ¨Emerald forest¨: Better than average . Wholesome watching .
The film works on a double level. First, it stands as a completely adequate action-adventure, with all manner of violent shoot-outs, especially a climactic showdown that brings back memories of hard-hitting '70s greats like ROLLING THUNDER. There's suspense a-plenty, along with strong turns from both Boothe and the director's son.
The film's storyline also allows Boorman to explore themes that are clearly close to his heart, namely the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest by greedy developers and loggers, who turn out to be the real villains of the piece. Yes, it sounds like it could be preachy but it never is, thanks to Boorman's skill at handling the material with subtlety and grace.
THE EMERALD FOREST is virtually unknown today - I caught it tucked away in a late-night showing - but it doesn't deserve to be; DELIVERANCE is the better known effort but this comes close at frequent intervals.
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- WissenswertesAccording to TV Guide, "In October 1972 an account written by Leonard Greenwood appeared in the Los Angeles Times. It told of a Peruvian engineer whose son had been kidnapped by a band of Indians and of the man's successful search to locate the child. Screenwriter Rospo Pallenberg saw the news item and took it to producer-director John Boorman". The result was this movie.
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Bill Markham: Why did you take my son?
Wanadi: One day, i was hunting at the Edge of The World when Tomme appeared and he smiled; and even though you were a Termite Child, I had not the heart to send you back to The Dead World.
Tomme: Why are they called The Termite People?
Wanadi: They come into The World and chew down all the grandfather trees. Just like termites.
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Details
- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Sprachen
- Auch bekannt als
- Perdido en el Amazonas
- Drehorte
- Hidrelétrica Plant of Tucuruí, Tucuruí, Pará, Brasilien(dam construction)
- Produktionsfirmen
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Box Office
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 24.468.550 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 4.345.150 $
- 7. Juli 1985
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 24.468.550 $
- Laufzeit
- 1 Std. 54 Min.(114 min)
- Seitenverhältnis
- 2.35 : 1