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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 a book of the same name by Dian Fossey and the article by Harold T. P. Hayes.
Oct 7, 1988 · Gorillas in the Mist: Directed by Michael Apted. With Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi. The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
- (29K)
- Biography, Drama
- Michael Apted
- 1988-10-07
This film is an adaptation of wildlife expert Dian Fossey's autobiography. Midwesterner Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) leaves the United States for Africa, where she studies the gorillas of Rwanda and...
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- Michael Apted
- PG-13
- Sigourney Weaver
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The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them. Sigourney Weaver stars as Dian Fossey, in this true story about Fossey's study of gorillas, and her efforts to stop the decimation of the endangered apes. — Ray Hamel <hamel@primate.wisc.edu>.
Gorillas in the Mist. HD. Sigourney Weaver stars in this true story as Dian Fossey, who fights to save the African mountain gorillas from extinction due to poachers. 2,165 IMDb 7.0 2 h 9 min 1988. X-Ray PG-13. Documentary · Drama · Compelling · Gentle. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $23.99. More purchase. options.
- 129 min
The film tells a life story that many people already know. Fossey was a woman of average achievement and no particular scientific background, but she loved animals and she was deeply disturbed by reports that the mountain gorillas of central Africa were being threatened with extinction.
