Trailer - Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)

worst.movie.ever.

Bo hates this film, too. She felt it was quite a failure, especially in comparison to Greystoke, which she is fond of. Poor Miles was under contract by John not to speak to Bo on set nor could he give any interviews or promote the film in any way. John felt it would make the relationship between Jane and Tarzan more authentic that way (again, Bo felt the film missed the boat on that).

I heard that the estate of Edgar Rice Burrows actually tried to take legal action against the producers, it was considered so bad. Miles O'Keefe truly is the Great Wooden Ape. Maybe it's just my dirty mind, but when Bo tells him she's still a virgin and says 'What are you... you'd have to be, wouldn't you?' at 2.03, there's a funny look on that chimpanzee's face....You no Tell, Me no Tell, eh?

Bo derek get naked in this movie. It was worth watchin it just for that.

I'm intrigued by the idea of Tarzan being Jane's personal gigolo. Could be amusing.

I am one of what must be TENS of people who saw movie at the theater, going solely to get a gander at Miles O'Keefe; I knew by instinct the film itself would stink. And stink it does; it totally reeks. And yet it's sort of fun because it's SO stupid. Derek's acting is deplorably bad; O'Keefe out-acts her easily simply by remaining silent. I love your how your intro almosts BOASTS that it's "generally considered the worst of all of the Tarzan films."

Your notes are a hoot.

terribly sucky movie.

bo derek the best creation god ever created

Come on...the film wasn't that bad if you take it for it's camp value. Even Roger Ebert called it a movie he was ashamed to admit he liked.

I will for sure and thanks :)

The two best Weissmuller films are the first two - "Tarzan the Ape Man" (1932) and "Tarzan and His Mate" (1934), although modern audiences may find them a bit creaky in parts. A couple of other fun ones are "Tarzan and the Amazons" (1945) and "Tarzan and the Leopard Woman" (1946) from the campier RKO period. There are twelve Weismuller Tarzan films - six "classic" ones made by MGM and six lower-budget, and more corny ones made by RKO.

See "The Tarzan Collection" (Vols 1 & 2), from Warners.

pwgr2000 I am getting into Tarzan after seeing my fav.cartoon from the 70's HA-HA-HA MAKEEMA!
So could you please recommend a few TARZANS
for a newbie. Don't get me wrong I was a Tarzan
when I was a kid and watched the Ron Ely show(the cliff dive is all I have to say!!!) But don't know to much on the Godfather of Tarzan Mr.Weissmuller's stuff please help :)

Well, my area of specialisation is the cinematic representations of Edgar Rice Burrough's famous jungle character. While Bo and her husband's product is an abysmal effort it is now part of the Tarzan canon and therefore part of the "family", so to speak. I have a slight tinge of affection for it on those grounds alone, I'm ashamed to admit.

TARZAN THE APEMAN(81) or POLICE ACADEMY 6: CITY UNDER SIEGE? if you had to choose pwgr 2000

I think you might be talking about the scene of the male model fighting the rock-&-roll wrestler. Even though that mohawked meathead didn't utter a word at all it was obvious he was an incredibly lousy actor. I remember his scenes recovering fom his drunken revelry and yawning being painful to watch.

I am quoting some of this stuff from my web page about this film. The link is in the "More Info" section above if you want to read my full discourteous analysis of this repugnant film.