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Synopsis
Amid the deep greens and dappled sunlight of a cloud forest in Rwanda, a family of mountain gorillas is at leisure and play.
Sitting with them is a woman who mimics their movements, pretends to chew leaves and gains the acceptance of the group’s dominant silverback. That woman is Dian Fossey.
The remarkable adventure of pioneering primatologist Fossey unfolds in this film directed by Michael Apted and shot mainly in the Rwandan habitat of the Mountain gorillas. Diane Fossey was a charismatic and commanding figure, driven by a single-mindedness that proved to be both her strength and her undoing.
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Reviews
Sigourney Weaver gives a towering, Oscar caliber performance in Michael Apted’s biopic about courageous anthropologist Dian Fossey who devoted and risked her to save Africa’s vanishing breed.
Emanuel Levy
It’s hard to make a concrete declaration when Ellen Ripley is right there on the resume, but it’s likely that Sigourney Weaver’s greatest performance can be found in Gorillas in the Mist.
Film Frenzy, Matt Brunson
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Awards
1989 Academy Awards, USA
- 5 Oscar Nominations including Best Actress, Sigourney Weaver
- Best Writing, Anna Hamilton Phelan
1990 BAFTA Awards
- Nominated for Best Cinematography, John Seale & Alan Root
& 6 other Awards and Nominations including:
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Credits
- Sigourney Weaver
- Dian Fossey
- Bryan Brown
- Bob Campbell
- Julie Harris
- Roz Carr
- John Omirah Miluwi
- Sembagare
- Iain Cuthbertson
- Dr. Louis Leakey
- Constantin Alexandrov
- Van Veeten
- Waigwa Wachira
- Mukara
- Iain Glen
- Brendan
- David Lansbury
- Larry
- Maggie O’Neill
- Kim
- Konga Mbandu
- Rushemba
- Michael J. Reynolds
- Howard Dowd
- Gordon Masten
- Photographer
- Peter Nduati
- Batwa chief
- Helen Fraser
- Mme. Van Vecten
- Director
- Michael Apted
- Writers
- Harold T.P. Hayes
Dian Fossey
Anna Hamilton Phelan
Tab Murphy
- Producers
- Terence A. Clegg
Arne Glimcher
- Cinematography
- John Seale
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