A suit wearing Tarzan
That was my redeeming memory from watching this film plus him carrying a briefcase.
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A suit wearing Tarzan
It's more in keeping with Burroughs' books in that John Clayton (Tarzan) wasn't some monosyllabic wild man who couldn't function much out of the jungle. Yes, he was a wild man, but he was also extremely intelligent, could speak multiple languages fluently and could easily mesh with the civilized world and "high society." I think they were trying to get that across in the movie.
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The literary Tarzan was raised in the jungle, but was brought back to England to be raised as a cultured member of English society. It was only after he realized he was not part of that society that he returned to the jungle. He didn't forget his cultured side, he just preferred the simplicity of the jungle.
The movie Tarzans kind of got away from this. In my opinion, its because the actors playing Tarzan were more about their looks than their acting ability. The most popular Tarzan was Johnny Wiessmuller, an Olympic swimmer. He had little acting ability so making Tarzan a monosyllabic brute was an easy transition.
It wasn't until the Mike Henry Tarzans of the 1960s that he became more of a cultured character. Ron Ely played him on TV the same way. Christopher Lambert played him to perfection in the 1984 film. There is also the 1981 Bo Derek film where Tarzan is merely a brute and a bit character.
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