this be both an entertaining and a touching version of the classic tale and also quite intelligent and not of the me tarzan and you jane school at all . it the famous story of a child rear to manhood in the jungle by ape . a titled british couple ( the wife pregnant ) be strand in the african wild after a shipwreck . after the parent death and the baby be raise in the jungle by ape . twenty year later and this young man ( i. e. tarzan ) rescue a wounded belgian explorer and nursing him back to health . the belgian discovers evidence that his rescuer be the young lord greystoke and return him to his rightful estate in scotland and where he must adjust to civilize society . the movie be sort of divide into two part . in the first half and we see tarzan in his jungle environment . not be an expert and i be unaware a to the realism of it depiction of ape community life and but it be certainly entertaining . for me and the more moving section be the second half and when tarzan must meet his real family and develop language skill and and adjust to aristocratic british society and all the while woo jane ( andie macdowell ) . he be portray a a noble savage and whether in the wild or in elegant edwardian parlor . by contrast and the upper crust be depict a often far more barbaric than the jungle tarzan leave . christopher lambert be fantastic in his sympathetic portrayal of tarzan in both the jungle and civilized environment . he convey a real sense of his confusion and conflict and torn a he be between the two very different world and his original ape family and his new human one . sir ralph richardson and one of the old british legend and be brilliant a always in the role of tarzan grandfather and the sixth earl of greystoke . the film focus more on tarzan struggle in adapt to civilization and his inner conflict than on his jungle exploit . this unusual take on the old classic make it both the typical dramatic adventure but also and above all and a move personal story . i wasn not surprise to note here that it director be the same individual and hugh hudson and who also direct chariot of fire and another brilliant movie .