Tarzan II

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Tarzan II
Directed by	Brian Smith
Produced by	The Walt Disney Company
Written by	Jim Kammerud, Rhett Reese
Starring	Harrison Chad, George Carlin, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman, Estelle Harris, Glenn Close
Music by	Phil Collins, Mark Mancina
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	2005 (USA)
Running time	1 hr, 12 min
Language	English
Preceded by	Tarzan & Jane (2002)
IMDb profile

Tarzan II, released in 2005, is a direct-to-video midquel to the 1999 Disney animated film Tarzan. The film tells the story of a young Tarzan's adventure to discover who he really is. It features two new songs from Phil Collins.

[edit] Plot

As a young boy being raised by gorillas, Tarzan is worried that a fabled monster known as the Zugor will someday catch him. He's disappointed that he can't run as quickly as the other young apes in his troop, and his attempts to prove himself keep resulting in chaos. When an accident leaves his mother thinking that Tarzan has died and the other apes feeling that Tarzan has reached a fitting end, the boy believes it best for everyone involved if he runs away.

He finds his way to a rocky place known as Dark Mountain, inhabited by two hulking, spoiled brothers Uto and Kago and their selfish, greedy Mama Gunda. But they fear the Zugor as much as Tarzan does, and when the booming call of the monster echoes through the valley, Tarzan is able to escape from them.

He encounters a crotchety old gorilla who at first keeps the boy distant, but Tarzan discovers that this old gorilla actually is Zugor, who uses hollow trees as megaphones to amplify his voice when pretending to be the monster so that he can scare other jungle inhabitants away from his land and his food. Tarzan uses this discovery to force Zugor into letting the boy stay with him. Against Tarzan's cheerfulness and helpfulness, Zugor begins to build a friendship with Tarzan as the boy continues to try to figure out what he is.

Tarzan's friends Terk and Tantor (the elephant) come looking for him, but Tarzan does not want to return home with them. It's only when his adoptive mother Kala arrives and encounters trouble with Gunda and her boys that Tarzan finally realizes what he's supposed to be: a Tarzan, with his own special tricks that no one else in the jungle can do.

[edit] Cast

• Harrison Chad - Tarzan
• Glenn Close - Kala
• Brenda Grate - Terk
• Harrison Fahn - Tantor
• Lance Henriksen - Kerchak
• George Carlin - Zugor
• Estelle Harris - Mama Gunda
• Brad Garrett - Uto
• Ron Perlman - Kago

v • d • e Disney direct-to-video animated features
Sequels, Prequels and Midquels
The Return of Jafar (1994) • Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) • Belle's Magical World (1998) • Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) • The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) • Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) • Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) • 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Mulan II (2005) • Tarzan II (2005) • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) • Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) • Kronk's New Groove (2005) • Bambi II (2006) • Brother Bear 2 (2006) • The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006) • Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) • The Little Mermaid III (2007)
Films based on TV series
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) • Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) • Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001) • Mickey's House of Villains (2002) • Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) • Tarzan & Jane (2002) • Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003) • Recess: All Growed Down (2003) • Leroy & Stitch (2006)
TV Pilots
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken (1995) • Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (1997) • Hercules: Zero to Hero (1998) • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) • Stitch! The Movie (2003) • Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003)
Other
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) • Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) • Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) • Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) • Tinker Bell (2007)