Gorillas in the Mist
GORILLAS IN THE
MISTÂ (15)
D:Â Michael Apted
Universal/Warner Bros./Guber-Peters (Arnold
Glimcher, Terence Clegg, Robert Nixon & Judy Kessler)
USA 🇺🇸 1988
129 mins
Biopic/Drama
W: Anna Hamilton Phelan & Tab Murphy
[based on an article by Harold T. P. Hayes]
DP:Â John Seale
Ed:Â Stuart Baird
Mus:Â Maurice Jarre
PD:Â John Graysmark
Sigourney Weaver (Dian Fossey),
Bryan Brown (Bob Campbell), Julie Harris (Roz Carr), John Omirah Miluwi (Sembagare), Iain Cuthbertson (Dr. Louis Leakey), Constantin Alexandrov (Van Vecten), Waigwa Wachira
(Mukara)
Gorillas In The Mist is the true story of Dian
Fossey, a research scientist who ventures into the great outdoors to study the primates, antagonising a group of poachers, who possibly contributed to her death under mysterious
circumstances.
Sigourney Weaver is absolutely fantastic as
chain-smoking, passionate Fossey, while the scenes in which she establishes communication with the creatures truly make the film worth viewing, with seamless integration between
real-life animals and Rick Baker designed special effects. A tad overlong, but certainly not a boring film.
7/10
