Tarzan and the Lost City
| Tarzan and the Lost City | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Carl Schenkel |
| Written by | Bayard Johnson J. Anderson Black (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Stanley S. Canter Dieter Geissler Michael Lake |
| Starring | Casper Van Dien Jane March Steven Waddington Winston Ntshona Rapulana Seiphemo |
| Cinematography | Paul Gilpin |
| Edited by | Harry Hitner |
| Music by | Christopher Franke |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | April 24, 1998 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $2,172,941[1] |
Tarzan and the Lost City is a 1998 American action-adventure film directed by Carl Schenkel, and starring Casper Van Dien, Jane March and Steven Waddington. The screenplay by Bayard Johnson and J. Anderson Black is loosely based on the Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
One of the film's producers, Stanley S. Canter, had produced another Tarzan film for Warner Bros., Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of The Apes, back in 1984.
Plot Synopsis
In 1913, on the night before Jane Porter's wedding to John Clayton (also known as Tarzan), her bridegroom receives a disturbing vision of his childhood homeland in peril. Much to Jane's distress, Clayton leaves for Africa to help. The educated explorer Nigel Ravens is seeking the legendary city of Opar, to plunder its ancient treasures. But then Jane decides to follow her fiancé, and he must protect her while trying to stop Ravens and his men.
Production
The film was shot in South Africa.[2]
German composer Christopher Franke, who had also worked on Babylon 5 and Universal Soldier, composed the original musical score.
Cast
- Casper Van Dien - Tarzan/John Clayton
- Jane March - Jane Porter
- Steven Waddington - Nigel Ravens
- Winston Ntshona - Mugambe
- Rapulana Seiphemo - Kaya
- Ian Roberts - Captain Dooley
- Sean Taylor - Wilkes
- Gys De Villiers - Schiller
Reception
The film received mainly negative reviews, criticizing the low budget production values, effects and writing,[3][4] and has a "rotten" 6% on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes.[5]
However, a very rare positive review came from the New York Times, where critic Lawrence Van Gelder declared the film "A throwback to the days of Saturday afternoon adventures in exotic locales that were usually Hollywood back lots" and that it "zips along, past the ritual lions, elephants and cobras to the city of Opar and its temple of illusions, tunnels and traps, and right to the inevitable satisfying showdown."[6]
References
- ^ "Tarzan and the Lost City". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Tarzan and the Lost City". Film Afrika.[dead link]
- ^ "Review: 'Tarzan and the Lost City'". Variety. April 27, 1998.
- ^ "Tarzan and the Lost City". The Austin Chronicle. April 14, 2000.
- ^ "Tarzan and the Lost City". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)". New York Times. April 25, 1998.