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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.
Gorillas in the Mist, a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of her scientific study of the gorillas at Karisoke Research Center and prior career. It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name.
Oct 7, 1988 · A movie based on the life of Dian Fossey, a scientist who studied and protected the mountain gorillas in Africa. Starring Sigourney Weaver, the film shows Fossey's challenges, achievements and controversies in her work.
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- Biography, Drama
- Michael Apted
- 1988-10-07
Release Date: September 23, 1988 Nominated for five Academy Awards, Gorillas in the Mist is the inspiring true story of young anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) who travels to Africa...
- 2 min
- 22.2K
- TrailersPlaygroundHD
Midwesterner Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) leaves the United States for Africa, where she studies the gorillas of Rwanda and Uganda. As Fossey develops a bond with the animals, she also becomes wary...
- (19)
- Michael Apted
- PG-13
- Sigourney Weaver
Gorillas in the Mist is a memoir by American primatologist and conservationist Dian Fossey, published in 1983. The book begins with Fossey's early career as she began working with naturalist Louis Leakey and spans thirteen years of Fossey's research into the behavior and biology of mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
A biographical film about Dian Fossey, a scientist who studied and protected the endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda. The film shows her achievements, challenges, and tragic death in the jungle.
