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The Emerald Forest (1985)

Film · 1985 · 114 min · R · Action · Adventure · Drama

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.

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. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.

Directed by John Boorman

Starring Powers Boothe, Charley Boorman, Meg Foster, Estee Chandler, Dira Paes, Eduardo Conde, Ariel Coelho, Peter Marinker

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In cinemas26 June 1985
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First release anywhere22 June 1985

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