The Emerald Forest

• 6.636 Action
• 1985-06-22
• 114 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Powers Boothe (Bill Markham) Charley Boorman (Tomme) Meg Foster (Jean Markham) Yara Vaneau (Young Heather) William Rodriguez (Young Tommy) Estee Chandler (Heather) Dira Paes (Kachiri) Eduardo Conde (Uwe Werner) Ariel Coelho (Padre Leduc) Peter Marinker (Perreira)

Director:

John Boorman

Writer:

Rospo Pallenberg