Tarzan in Manhattan

For other uses, see Tarzan (disambiguation).
Tarzan in Manhattan

dvd cover of the film
Directed by Michael Schultz
Produced by Max A. Keller
Micheline H. Keller
Gina Scheerer
Written by Anna Sandor
William Gough
based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Starring Joe Lara
Kim Crosby
Tony Curtis
Jan-Michael Vincent
Music by Charles Fox
Cinematography Laszlo George
Distributed by CBS
Running time
94 mins.
Language English

Tarzan in Manhattan (1989) is an action adventure CBS television movie. Joe Lara portrays Tarzan, and Kim Crosby appears as Jane Porter. Tony Curtis and Jan-Michael Vincent co-star. The telefilm was produced by Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller and Gina Scheerer, written by Anna Sandor and William Gough (based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs), and directed by Michael Schultz. It aired on April 15, 1989.

Plot

Tarzan leaves Africa and goes to present-day New York City to seek vengeance for the murder of his Ape mother Kala, and to rescue Cheeta who was taken by hunters working for B. B. Brightmore (Jan-Michael Vincent) and his Brightmore Foundation. Soon Tarzan discovers this supposed philanthropic organization is conducting illegal tests on animal brains in an effort to transfer the thoughts and knowledge of one creature to another, and he sets out to rescue the animals and expose Brightmore. He is aided by Jane Porter (a cab driver, played by Kim Crosby) and her father, Archimedes "Archie" Porter (Tony Curtis), a retired police officer, now the head of his own security agency.

With Brightmore's operations shut down, Jane joins her father's security agency, and both talk Tarzan into coming on board at minimum wage, but with all the bananas Cheeta can eat.

Production

Joe Lara also later starred in Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, an otherwise unrelated interpretation of the character.

Soundtrack

Warren Zevon's Leave My Monkey Alone plays on the soundtrack as Tarzan's plane flies over prominent New York landmarks.

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Preceded by
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
1976–1980
Tarzan (TV series)
Tarzan in Manhattan

April 15, 1989
Succeeded by
Tarzán
1991–1994