The Emerald Forest (1985)
Directed by John Boorman
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.
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The film opens with a scene reminiscent of John Boorman's "The Emerald Forest."
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Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now meets Lawrence of Arabia with a taste of The Emerald Forest .
In the tradition of “Fitzcarraldo,” “The Emerald Forest” and “Apocalypse Now,” this is the type of adventure that transports you to a world so exotic and lush and mysterious and dangerous, it feels as if we’re on a different planet.