TARZAN THE APE MAN 1981 PORN MOVIE
Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin considers this one of the worst films ever to appear in his popular "TV, Movie and Video Guide" (now simply "Movie Guide"): "Deranged 'remake' lacks action, humor and charm Forget about comparisons to Johnny Weissmuller O'Keefe makes Elmo Lincoln seem like Edwin Booth." Leslie Halliwell described Tarzan, the Ape Man as "certainly the worst of the Tarzan movies and possibly the most banal film so far made even the animals give poor performances". The film was widely panned upon its release. In a 2012 interview with the film history magazine Filmfax, co-writer Gary Goddard revealed that he had originally been commissioned to write a screenplay for Bo Derek based upon the Marvel Comics superheroine, Dazzler a 30-page treatment was completed before the project was cancelled and work instead proceeded on Tarzan, The Ape Man which initially carried the working title Me, Jane reflecting its focus on Jane Porter as a showcase for Derek. Jane is then kidnapped by natives who intend to make her a wife of the tribe leader, forcing Tarzan into action. Jane and Tarzan become fascinated by each other. Realizing that James is on his trail, Tarzan kidnaps Jane. James continues to pursue Tarzan with the purpose of capturing him, dead or alive, and bringing him back to England. They discover the "white ape" is actually Tarzan, an uncivilized white man raised by apes living in the jungle. He is joined by his estranged daughter, Jane, after her mother's death. James Parker is a hunter in Africa, searching for a mythical "white ape". This film received extremely negative reviews, and in some circles has been considered to be one of the worst films ever made, even though it was a box-office success. The film is marketed with the tagline Unlike any other "Tarzan" you've ever seen! The original actor cast in the Tarzan role was fired (or quit) early in production, resulting in the sudden casting of his stunt double, Miles O'Keeffe, in the title role.
Former Tarzan actor Jock Mahoney, billed as Jack O'Mahoney, was the film's stunt coordinator. The original music score is composed by Perry Botkin Jr. It is the final of three filmed versions of the story released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay by Tom Rowe and Gary Goddard is loosely based on the novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, but from the point of view of Jane Parker.
Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1981 adventure film directed by John Derek and starring Bo Derek, Miles O'Keeffe, Richard Harris, and John Phillip Law.