Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
- Starring:
- Sigourney Weaver, Bryan 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
Complete Cast:
- Sigourney Weaver - Dian Fossey
- Julie Harris - Roz Carr
- Iain Cuthbertson - Dr. Louis Leakey
- Waigwa Wachira - Mukara
- Maggie O'Neill - Kim
- Gordon Masten - Photographer
- Peter Nduati - Batwa Chief
- Michael J. Reynolds - Howard Dowd
- Peter Anthony Elliott - Mime Artist
- Bryan Brown - Bob Campbell
- John Omirah Miluwi - Sembagare
- Constantin Alexandrov - Van Vecten
- David Lansbury - Larry
- Helen Fraser - Mme. Van Vecten
- Iain Glen - Brendon
- John Alexander - Mime Artist
- Konga Mbandu - Rushemba
- Director(s):
- Michael Apted
- Writer(s):
- Anna Hamilton Phelan, Tab Murphy
- Producer(s):
- Peter Guber, Jon Peters, Arnold Glimcher
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Questionable for Children, Violence, Profanity, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Drama
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- 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
