Tag: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tarzan Script

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Year:1999
Director:Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
Written by:Chris Ure (Story), Stephen J. Anderson (Story), Edgar Rice Burroughs (Novel), Gaëtan Brizzi (Story), Paul Brizzi (Story), Mark Kennedy (Story), Mark Walton (Story), Burny Mattinson (Story), Tab Murphy (Screenplay), Bob Tzudiker (Screenplay), Noni White (Screenplay), Frank Nissen (Story), Stevie Wermers (Story), Glen Keane (Story), Don Hall (Story), Carole Holliday (Story), John Norton (Story), Kevin Harkey (Story), Ed Gombert (Story), Don Dougherty (Story), Randy Haycock (Story), Mike Surrey (Story), Jeff Snow (Story), Kelly Wightman (Story), John Ramirez (Story)

Script Synopsis:Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...
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Tarzan, the Ape Man Script

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Year:1981
Director:John Derek
Written by:Tom Rowe (Screenplay), Edgar Rice Burroughs (Characters), Gary Goddard (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters with Tarzan establish a (sexual) bond between her and Tarzan. When the expedition is captured by savages, Tarzan comes to the rescue
Tarzan, the Ape Man Script Resources:

  • Tarzan, the Ape Man Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Tarzan, the Ape Man Script PDF - 10/30/80 FINAL DRAFT at Script City ($)

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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Script

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Year:1984
Director:Hugh Hudson
Written by:Edgar Rice Burroughs (Novel), Michael Austin (Writer), Robert Towne (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Script Resources:

  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Script PDF - (EARLY) TOWNE (xl) 8/4/77. *pgs at Script City ($)
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Transcript at scripts.com

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  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ( tt0087365 ) at IMDb
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ( 11002 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Tarzan II Script

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Year:2005
Director:Brian Smith
Written by:Edgar Rice Burroughs (Writer), Chris Butler (Storyboard)

Script Synopsis:Experience the beginning of the legend with Disney's Tarzan Ⅱ, a hilarious, all-new, animated motion picture loaded with laughs, irresistible new songs by Phil Collins, and the inspired voice talent of Glenn Close, George Carlin, and Emmy Award winner Brad Garrett. Before he was King of the Jungle, Tarzan was an awkward young kid just trying to fit in. When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan decides they would be better off without him. His thrilling new journey brings him face to face with the mysterious Zugor, the most powerful force in the land. Together, Tarzan and Zugor discover that being different is not a weakness and that friends and family are the greatest strength of all. This action-packed adventure is sure to delight the entire family. Get ready to GO APE over Disney's wild, new Tarzan Ⅱ.
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Tarzan And His Mate Script

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Year:1934
Director:Cedric Gibbons
Written by:Edgar Rice Burroughs (Characters), Leon Gordon (Adaptation), James Kevin McGuinness (Screenplay), Howard Emmett Rogers (Adaptation)

Script Synopsis:Harry Holt returns to Africa to head up a large ivory expedition. This time he brings his womanizing friend Marlin Arlington. Holt also harbors ideas about convincing Jane to return to London. When Holt and Arlington show Jane some of the modern clothes and perfumes they brought from civilization, she is impressed but not enough to return.
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Tarzan Escapes Script

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Year:1936
Director:Richard Thorpe
Written by:Edgar Rice Burroughs (Characters), Cyril Hume (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita who want Jane's help in claiming a fortune left her.
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At The Earth’s Core Script

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Year:1976
Director:Kevin Connor
Written by:Milton Subotsky (Screenplay), Edgar Rice Burroughs (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.
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The People That Time Forgot Script

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Year:1977
Director:Kevin Connor
Written by:Patrick Tilley (Screenplay), Edgar Rice Burroughs (Story)

Script Synopsis:A sequel to The Land That Time Forgot. Major Ben McBride organises a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend (Doug McClure) who has been missing in the region for several years. McBride's party find themselves in a world populated by primitive warriors and terrifying prehistoric creatures, all of whom they must evade in order to get back safely
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  • The People That Time Forgot ( tt0076535 ) at IMDb
  • The People That Time Forgot ( 27591 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Tarzan And The Lost City Script

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Year:1998
Director:Carl Schenkel
Written by:Edgar Rice Burroughs (Original Story), Bayard Johnson (Writer), J. Anderson Black (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Tarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction.
Tarzan And The Lost City Script Resources:

  • Tarzan And The Lost City Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Tarzan And The Lost City Script PDF - 2/19/97 1ST at Script City ($)

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  • Tarzan And The Lost City ( tt0120856 ) at IMDb
  • Tarzan And The Lost City ( 38618 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Tarzan’s Secret Treasure

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Year:1941
Director:Richard Thorpe
Written by:Edgar Rice Burroughs (Characters), Myles Connolly (Screenplay), Paul Gangelin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exits on Tarzan’s escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold. Everyone is captured by wicked natives. Tarzan and his elephants rush to the rescue.
Tarzan's Secret Treasure Script Resources:

  • Tarzan's Secret Treasure Script PDF - May 20, 1941 final draft at The Daily Script
  • Tarzan's Secret Treasure Script PDF - Script completed - 5/7/41 at The Script Savant
  • Tarzan's Secret Treasure Script PDF - 5/20/1941 at Script City ($)
  • Tarzan's Secret Treasure Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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  • Tarzan's Secret Treasure ( tt0034266 ) at IMDb
  • Tarzan's Secret Treasure ( 40214 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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