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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 · 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 and personal life.
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- Biography, Drama
- Michael Apted
- 1988-10-07
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.
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...
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- Michael Apted
- PG-13
- Sigourney Weaver
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. 2,171 IMDb 7.0 2 h 9 min 1988. X-Ray PG-13.
- 129 min
Gorillas In The Mist - Official® Trailer [HD] Release Date: September 23, 1988 Nominated for five Academy Awards, Gorillas in the Mist is the inspiring true story of young ...more.
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Roger Ebert criticizes the film for not showing the emotional transformation of Dian Fossey, the real-life primatologist who studied mountain gorillas in Africa. He praises the special effects and the scenes of Fossey with the gorillas, but finds the romance and the mystery of her death unsatisfactory.
