Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

Directed by

Michael Apted

Genre

drama film, biographical film, historical drama

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 661 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A naturalist travels to Africa to study mountain gorillas. She becomes deeply involved in their protection from poachers and local challenges.

inspiringdeterminedseriousimmersiveemotionally resonantgroundedquietly intensethoughtful

What happens

Gorillas in the Mist is a 1988 American biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan and a story by Phelan and Tab Murphy. The film is based on a book of the same name by Dian Fossey and from articles by Harold T. P. Hayes, and Alex Shoumatoff of Vanity Fair. It stars Sigourney Weaver as naturalist Dian Fossey and Bryan Brown as photographer Bob Campbell. It tells the story of Fossey, who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them. The film was theatrically released in the United States by Universal Pictures and internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 23, 1988. At the 61st Academy Awards, it earned five nominations, including Best Actress for Weaver and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. The film won Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Weaver and Best Original Score for Jarre at the 46th Golden Globe Awards, where it was also nominated for Best Motion Picture – Drama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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