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Sigourney Weaver more than earned her Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Gorillas in the Mist, dominating every frame of Michael Apted's biopic about primatologist Dian Fossey. Tenderly mothering an orphaned gorilla infant or terrorising an African poacher with a staged lynching, the statuesque star is never less than fiercely focused, a glamorous warrior for animal rights. As the amateur scientist who researched and spotlighted Rwanda's endangered mountain gorillas in National Geographic, Weaver is the passionate heart that keeps an otherwise flaccid film alive.
Unfortunately, the film's stodgy script and direction simply document Fossey's magnificent obsession, offering no insight into what lonely impulse of the soul led this extraordinary woman to climb up an African mountain to bond so strongly with gorillas. Cardboard characters include an eternally smiling, sexless African soulmate (John Omirah Miluwi), a perfect boyfriend (Bryan Brown) who has to be dumped in favour of gorilla-love, and stereotypical villains. Still, the African scenery is spectacular, and who can resist the cross-species thrill when the huge dark hand of Digit, Fossey's favourite, first rests in her outstretched palm? Gorillas in the Mist will please those who savour Sigourney Weaver's Amazonian fervour and the pure fire of her physical and spiritual passion--and harbour a slightly misanthropic fondness for liaisons between beauties and beasts. --Kathleen Murphy
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la giovane appassionata e volitiva dian fossey, abbandonato il fidanzato, dal nativo kentucky si reca nel congo, per svolgere delle ricerche sul comportamento dei gorilla. con infinita pazienza e non senza rischi, avvicina e studia gli animali e di costoro apprende ed imita il linguaggio ed i gesti, per trasmettere successivamente allo scienziato louis leakey i risultati ottenuti. con l'aiuto del fido sembagare e di pochi indigeni e' costretta a lottare sia contro gli uomini della tribu' dei batwa, i quali uccidono i gorilla per rivenderne la testa e le zampe, sia contro il cinico europeo van vecten che, commerciando per gli zoo, tenta di catturare i giovani animali. dian poi combatte contro l'ostilita' delle autorita' locali che solo in un prosieguo di tempo le mettono a disposizione tre uomini per cacciare i bracconieri. dopo un felice periodo di lavoro e d'amore con il fotografo bob campbell, dian, ormai celebre per le sue ricerche, che hanno consentito di salvare da sicura estinzione questa specie dei gorilla, durante una notte viene misteriosamente uccisa.
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Despite the requisite Hollywood cliches, this is a great film. Dian Fossey didn't know what she was getting into when she volunteered to go to Africa, working for Dr. Louis Leakey in taking a census of the endangered Mountain Gorillas. She didn't realise she was expected to work alone, in a remote mountain hut, and in a country torn by civil war...
But she came to love the subjects of her study so much that nothing could prize her from the mountain, not even the (human) man she eventually fell in love with. "When you look deep into a gorilla's eyes," she wrote, "your life is changed forever."
The blacks thought she was a witch, due to her reddish hair and fierce glance (captured well by actress Sigourney Weaver, although the real Dian was apparently a bit more shy than Sigourney's character). But this witchlike image actually helped to scare the poachers off. And Dian's work helped prevent the gorillas from becoming extinct. But unfortunately she was murdered by cowardly scum...black poachers in the pay of white animal traffickers. Too often the best are cut down before their life's work is finished...
One other thing to note is the incredible beauty of the landscapes, filmed on location in the mountains of Rwanda. The result is a worthy tribute to this wildlife warrior, who is most now probably in Asgard, feasting at Freyja's very table (with a gorilla at her side, no doubt).
But she came to love the subjects of her study so much that nothing could prize her from the mountain, not even the (human) man she eventually fell in love with. "When you look deep into a gorilla's eyes," she wrote, "your life is changed forever."
The blacks thought she was a witch, due to her reddish hair and fierce glance (captured well by actress Sigourney Weaver, although the real Dian was apparently a bit more shy than Sigourney's character). But this witchlike image actually helped to scare the poachers off. And Dian's work helped prevent the gorillas from becoming extinct. But unfortunately she was murdered by cowardly scum...black poachers in the pay of white animal traffickers. Too often the best are cut down before their life's work is finished...
One other thing to note is the incredible beauty of the landscapes, filmed on location in the mountains of Rwanda. The result is a worthy tribute to this wildlife warrior, who is most now probably in Asgard, feasting at Freyja's very table (with a gorilla at her side, no doubt).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By D. Quintas
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
An excellent film, so sad and yet so inspiring. Sometimes mans greed and self centredness defies logic, but this film does show that tenacity and belief can lead to creating change in the world. I cried often throughout film I will not forget the message it carried.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By J. Stuart
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sad but gorgeous film with lovely scenery. I became a great gorilla fan after watching this moving true story.
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