The Emerald Forest

The Emerald Forest

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.

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Release Date

6/22/1985

Runtime

114 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$24,467,000

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A father's decade-long quest through the Amazon becomes a philosophical reckoning when he discovers his son has become the very thing he came to rescue him from. Lush and adventurous on the surface, it's fundamentally about two men at odds over what civilization actually means.

Mood

WistfulContemplativeTenseEpic

Themes

FamilyIdentityColonialismNatureComing of age

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticPainterlyWidescreen epic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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