Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)

This was a nice movie about the true-life tale of a woman who worked with gorilla’s in the forests of Rwanda, Africa for 18 years. She was encouraged by paleontologist Louis Leaky originally to go there. She took out a loan in 1963 to get to Africa, and earlier on she worked as a clerk at White Front which is a department store. If you enjoy animals, and seeing how they are naturally in nature, then this might interest you. The actress who plays Dian Fossey is Sigourney Weaver, and she does a brilliant job in this role. This is one of her better performances so far in her career, and I think you will see why. Dian tries her best to protect and save the gorillas that are constantly in danger by the locals from being hunted down, which leads to different situations throughout the film. Bryan Brown stars in this with her as Bob Campbell who becomes close to her on a physical and spiritual level. Their chemistry was very good I thought while they worked together, which helped add something to the story.

More of the cast includes: Julie Harris is Roz Carr. John Omirah Miluwi plays Sembagare, Konga Mbandu is Rushemba, Iain Cuthbertson is Dr. Louis Leakey, Constantin Alexandrov is Van Veeten, Waigwa Wachira is Mukara, Iain Glen is Brendan, Maggie O’Neill plays Kim, David Lansbury is Larry, Michael J. Reynolds is Howard Dowd, and Gordon Masten is the photographer.

This is a heart-felt dramatic movie, and to those who like true-life type movies like this, it will surely win you over, because it was well produced. The film was directed by Michael Apted who has directed a lot of television over his career, and brings a certain style to the film that seemed exactly what it needed to capture the atmosphere and mood of things. I highly recommend Gorillas in the Mist (1988) it is worth a watch.

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