The Film: "The Emerald Forest"

From the Paper:

"The Emerald Forest is a 1985 film set in the remote Xingu region of Brazil's Amazon rain forest that was directed by John Boorman, a noted English filmmaker. During his long career, his films have ranged from male-bonding action films such as Deliverance (1972) to those that relate to keeping the nuclear family intact, a theme prominent, for example, in his 1987 film Hope and Glory. In that film, the family at stake was being torn apart by World War II and the Blitz on London (a story based on his own experiences as a child during that time). In The Emerald Forest, an American family called the Markhams is irretrievably fractured when their son, Tommy, is kidnapped by Amazonian Indians. The film concentrates on his identification with his adopted tribe, his disinterest in returning to "civilization," ... "

More papers on The Film: "The Emerald Forest":

• Film Review # 134960 : "The Film "The Corporation"
• Book Review # 93739 : "Film: "The Lion in Winter"

APA Citation:

MLA Citation: