Gorillas in the Mist

Drama · 1988PG-13

Based on the true story of anthropologist Dian Fossey, whose travels to the African wilderness began as a study of the rare mountain gorillas and became a single-minded devotion to protect the animals from poachers and those who would capture the great apes to ship them off to zoos. Starring Golden Globe-winner Sigourney Weaver ("Galaxy Quest," the "Alien" movie series), Golden Globe-nominee Bryan Brown ("F/X," "The Thorn Birds") and Emmy-winner Julie Harris ("East of Eden," "The Haunting"), and directed by Michael Apted ("Thunderheart," "The World Is Not Enough").

Starring

Sigourney Weaver, Stuart Baird, Bryan Brown, John Seale, Julie Harris, Maurice Jarre, Peter Guber, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson, Jon Peters

Director

Michael Apted

Producer

Arne Glimcher