Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

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Starring:
Sigourney WeaverBryan Brown, (more)
Director(s):
Michael Apted
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
Category:
Drama
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Gorillas in the Mist is based on the autobiographical 1983 book by naturalist Dian Fossey. Before the book could be brought before the cameras, Fossey had been mysteriously killed; her death provides a logical, if somewhat ghoulish climax to the film. A Kentucky girl, Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) is inspired by famed anthropologist Louis Leakey (Ian Cuthbertson) to devote her life to the study of primates. Travelling into deepest Africa, Fossey becomes fascinated with the lives and habits of the rare mountain gorillas of the Ugandan wilderness. Studying them at close quarters, Fossey develops a means of communicating with the gorillas, and in so doing becomes obsessed with the beasts' well-being. She is so devoted to "her" mountain that she loses the opportunity for a romance with a National Geographic photographer (Bryan Brown). Appalled by the poaching of the gorillas for their skins, Fossey complains to the Ugandan government, which dismisses her by explaining that poaching is the only means by which some of the Ugandan natives can themselves survive. She refuses to accept this, and becomes a militant animal-rights activist, burning down the poachers' villages and even staging a mock execution of one of the offenders. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


Theatrical Feature Running Time:
130 mins

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Director(s):
Michael Apted
Writer(s):
Anna Hamilton PhelanTab Murphy
Producer(s):
Peter GuberJon PetersArnold Glimcher
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13(Questionable for Children, Violence, Profanity, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
Categories:
Drama
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Awards:
  • 1988 - Gorillas in the Mist - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • 1988 - Gorillas in the Mist - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Original Score

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