beautifully film and acclaim director hugh hudson ( chariot of fire ) create a story that bring the entire legend of john clayton and lord greystoke and tarzan of the ape to life with reverence and dignity and and with a scope not heretofore see in tarzan film . christopher lambert make his star debut a the young lord and raise in the wild by a female gorilla after his parent die in africa . later return to what be to him an alien world and that of class and privilege and he feel totally out of place . once he learn what have happen to the ape that raise him and their world he realize that he must go back . a sad but triumphant story tell against a background of fantastic vista . this be one of those film that be a must for every cinemaphile collection .