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Gorillas in the Mist [a] 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. It stars Sigourney Weaver as naturalist Dian Fossey and Bryan Brown as ...
Dian Fossey ( / daɪˈæn / dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. [1] She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by ...
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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- 1988-10-07
Gorillas in the Mist PG-13 Released Sep 23, 1988 2h 9m Drama List 84% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 75% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings This film is an adaptation of wildlife expert Dian Fossey's ...
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- Michael Apted
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- Sigourney Weaver
Release Date: September 23, 1988Nominated for five Academy Awards, Gorillas in the Mist is the inspiring true story of young anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigo...
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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.
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A Kentucky woman, Dian Fossey is inspired by anthropologist Louis Leakey to devote her life to the study of primates. Travelling into deepest Africa, Fossey becomes fascinated with the lives and habits of the rare mountain gorillas of the Rwandan jungle. Studying them at close quarters, Fossey develops a means of communicating with the gorillas ...
