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The Emerald Forest
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. This is when Bill's adventure truly begins.
1985 · Directed by John Boorman · 114 min · Adventure · Drama · 18 frames
Tagline
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.
Crew
- Screenplay: Rospo Pallenberg
- Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
- Edited by: Ian Crafford
- Music: Brian Gascoigne, Junior Homrich
- Production design: Simon Holland
- Produced by: John Boorman
Cast
- Powers Boothe as Bill Markham
- Charley Boorman as Tomme
- Meg Foster as Jean Markham
- Estee Chandler as Heather
- Dira Paes as Kachiri
- Eduardo Conde as Uwe Werner
- Ariel Coelho as Padre Leduc
- Peter Marinker as Perreira
- Mario Borges as Costa
- Yara Vaneau as Young Heather
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English, Portuguese
- Studios: Christel Films, Embassy Pictures
- Box office: $24,467,000
- Themes: parent child relationship, amazon rainforest, based on true story, jungle, south america, missing child, child kidnapping, deforestation, rainforest, indigenous peoples
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