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Gorillas in the Mist is a 1988 American biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan and a story by Phelan and Tab Murphy. The film is based a book of the same name by Dian Fossey and the article by Harold T. P. Hayes .
Her bestselling book Gorillas in the Mist was praised by Nikolaas Tinbergen, the Dutch ethologist and ornithologist who won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Her book remains the best-selling book about gorillas.
Oct 7, 1988 · A 1988 film starring Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey, a scientist who studied and protected mountain gorillas in Africa. The film is based on Fossey's book and shows her challenges, achievements and controversies in the jungle.
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- Biography, Drama
- Michael Apted
- 1988-10-07
Release Date: September 23, 1988Nominated for five Academy Awards, Gorillas in the Mist is the inspiring true story of young anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigo...
- 2 min
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A film based on the life and work of Dian Fossey, a wildlife expert who studied and protected the gorillas of Africa. Find out the ratings, critics' reviews, and where to watch or buy the movie online.
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- Michael Apted
- PG-13
- Sigourney Weaver
Gorillas in the Mist is a memoir by American primatologist and conservationist Dian Fossey, published in 1983. The book begins with Fossey's early career as she began working with naturalist Louis Leakey and spans thirteen years of Fossey's research into the behavior and biology of mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
A biographical film about Dian Fossey, a scientist who studied and protected the endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda. The film shows her achievements, challenges, and tragic death in the jungle.
