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The Emerald Forest (1985) [R]

Release Date:
June 22, 1985

Original Title:
The Emerald Forest

Alternate Titles:
A Floresta das Esmeraldas
Het Smaragdgroene Oerwoud
Het smaragden woud
John Boorman's The Emerald Forest
Smaragdenio dasos
애정의 숲

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama

Production Companies:
Christel Films
Embassy Pictures

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  FR: U  GB: 12  KR: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 114

What kind of man would return year after year for ten years to rescue a missing boy from the most savage jungle in the world? His father.

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For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.

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Production

Art Direction:
Terry Pritchard
Marcos Flaksman

Casting:
Flávio R. Tambellini

Co-Producer:
Michael Dryhurst

Costume Design:
Clovis Bueno
Christel Kruse Boorman

Director:
John Boorman

Director of Photography:
Philippe Rousselot

Editor:
Ian Crafford

Executive Producer:
Edgar F. Gross

Makeup Artist:
Luis Michelotti
Beth Presares

Original Music Composer:
Brian Gascoigne
Junior Homrich

Producer:
John Boorman

Production Coordinator:
Judi Bunn
Gita V. Engelhart

Production Design:
Simon Holland

Production Manager:
Roberto Bakker

Screenplay:
Rospo Pallenberg

Unit Manager:
Andrew Montgomery

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