- Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson
- Directors: Michael Apted
- Writers: Anna Hamilton Phelan, Dian Fossey, Harold T.P. Hayes, Tab Murphy
- Producers: Arne Glimcher, Jon Peters, Judy Kessler
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language English, French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Universal Studios
- DVD Release Date: 13 April 1999
- Run Time: 129 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0783233523
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 149,195 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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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--whether bracing anthropologist Louis Leakey to forcibly offer her services as census-taker of the mountain gorillas; or hanging out with the noble animals until she becomes the first person on record to make friendly physical contact with them; or waging sometimes physical war on natives and Europeans who decimate the gorillas for trophies or zoo fodder. 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 and bond so strongly with gorillas. Cardboard characters include an eternally smiling, sexless African soul mate (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, Amazon.com
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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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).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Sad but gorgeous film with lovely scenery. I became a great gorilla fan after watching this moving true story.
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Gorillas in the mist
whot can i sat about this film ... you really get upset watching this ,cant believe whot happens ,and how cruel people can be ,as things like this do happen ,but is a great film
Published 2 months ago by smkybo
Little known British Connection
Cant add much else to the already good reveiews for this film apart from - My Cousin, John Alexander, played Digit in this. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. Ian Wilkins
The story of Dian Fossey
I recently bought and watched this film after catching part of it on TV, I wanted to then buy and watch the whole thing. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Nicola A
A good film if you haven't read the books
I watched this film a few years ago and really enjoyed it. However, after reading Dian's book and a few other factual books about the time it ruined it a little as, as often... Read more
Published 14 months ago by E. Irwin
GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Fantastic film, very moving and based on a true story. I highly recommend this, you might want to have the tissues at the ready though, very sad in parts. Read more
Published 19 months ago by L
A classic
I watched this movie several years ago before travelling to Rwanda to see the gorillas. The movie is just like the reality and during my visit to the country not only did I see the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Anthony Williams
Sigourney Weaver rules
What to say? She is the greatest! The film is beautifully set and the whole feeling of the interaction between Sigourney Weaver and the human and not so human fellow actors makes... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Martian 77
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A sympathetic portrait
I feel mixed about biopics as I'm always aware that no film maker could ever make an accurate film about somebody's life. Read more
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