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Tarzan and the Lost City is a 1998 American adventure film directed by Carl Schenkel, and starring Casper Van Dien and Jane March with Steven Waddington. The screenplay by Bayard Johnson and J. Anderson Black is loosely based on the Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film received largely negative reviews and was a box office bomb.

Tarzan and the Lost City
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Carl Schenkel
Written by	Bayard Johnson J. Anderson Black
Based on	Characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced by	Stanley S. Canter Dieter Geissler Michael Lake
Starring	Casper Van Dien Jane March Steven Waddington
Cinematography	Paul Gilpin
Edited by	Harry Hitner
Music by	Christopher Franke
Production company	Village Roadshow Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	April 24, 1998 (1998-04-24)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million
Box office	$2.2 million[1]

One of the film's producers, Stanley S. Canter, had previously produced another Tarzan film for Warner Bros., Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984).

Plot Synopsis

In 1913, on the night before Jane Porter's wedding to John Clayton II (also known as Tarzan, who is something of a celebrity) her bridegroom receives a disturbing vision of his childhood homeland in peril; The educated explorer and treasure seeker Nigel Ravens is seeking the legendary city of Opar, to plunder its ancient treasures and uncover dangerous powers. Much to Jane's distress and confusion, Clayton leaves for Africa to help, meeting up with the shaman Mugambe, whose village was plundered by Ravens to find a key to Opar.

Just as Tarzan's efforts to negotiate with Ravens to turn back fail, Jane decides to follow her fiancé. While glad to see her, he must now protect her while trying to stop Ravens and his men from continuing their expedition.

Cast

• Casper Van Dien as John Clayton/Tarzan
• Jane March as Jane Porter
• Steven Waddington as Nigel Ravens
• Winston Ntshona as Mugambe
• Rapulana Seiphemo as Kaya
• Ian Roberts as Captain Dooley
• Sean Taylor as Wilkes
• Gys De Villiers as Schiller

Production

The film was shot in Bethlehem, Free State and Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.[2]

German composer Christopher Franke composed the original musical score.

Reception

The film received mainly negative reviews, criticizing the low budget production values, effects and writing.[3][4] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 6% based on reviews from 18 critics.[5]

A 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]

Box Office

The film opened in the same weekend as The Big Hit and grossed $1 million in 12th place. It only took $2 million at the box office, making it a commercial failure.

References

External links

• Tarzan and the Lost City at IMDb
• Tarzan and the Lost City at the TCM Movie Database
• Tarzan and the Lost City at Rotten Tomatoes
• Tarzan and the Lost City at Box Office Mojo

На других языках

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- [en] Tarzan and the Lost City

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[es] Tarzán y la ciudad perdida

Tarzán y la ciudad perdida (título original: Tarzan and the Lost City) es una película de acción de 1998 dirigida por Carl Schenkel con Casper Van Dien, Jane March y Steven Waddington como protagonistas.

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[ru] Тарзан и затерянный город

«Тарзан и затерянный город» (англ. Tarzan and the Lost City) — американский кинофильм 1998 года выпуска режиссёра Карла Шенкеля. Съёмки проходили в Южно-Африканской Республике.[1] В главных ролях снимались Каспер Ван Дин, Джейн Марч и Стивен Вэддингтон.

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