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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.

  • Movie
  • 1985
  • R
  • 1h 54m

Directed by John Boorman

6.6

TMDB audience rating
6.6 out of 10 from 290 votes

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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. This is when Bill's adventure truly begins.

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Cast and crew

  • Powers Boothe

    Powers BootheBill Markham

  • Charley Boorman

    Charley BoormanTomme

  • Meg Foster

    Meg FosterJean Markham

  • Estee Chandler

    Estee ChandlerHeather

  • Dira Paes

    Dira PaesKachiri

  • Eduardo Conde

    Eduardo CondeUwe Werner

  • Ariel CoelhoPadre Leduc

  • Peter Marinker

    Peter MarinkerPerreira

  • Mario BorgesCosta

  • Yara VaneauYoung Heather

  • William RodriguezYoung Tommy

  • Átila Iório

    Átila IórioTrader

  • Gabriel ArcanjoTrader's Henchman

  • Gracindo Júnior

    Gracindo JúniorCarlos

  • Arthur MuhlenbergRico

  • Chico TertoPaulo

  • Ruy Polanah

    Ruy PolanahWanadi

  • Maria Helena VelascoUluru

Director
John Boorman
Writer
Rospo Pallenberg
Music
Brian Gascoigne and Junior Homrich
Cinematography
Philippe Rousselot