| Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle | |
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| Directed by | Picha Boris Szulzinger |
| Written by | French version: Pierre Bartier Picha Original English version: Picha Anne Beatts Michael O'Donoghue |
| Produced by | Boris Szulzinger |
| Starring | Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. John Belushi Bill Murray Christopher Guest Brian Doyle-Murray |
| Cinematography | Raymond Burlet |
| Edited by | Claude Cohen |
| Music by | Marc Moulin |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox (France) International Harmony (US) |
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Running time | 85 minutes (France) 68 minutes (US) |
| Countries | France Belgium |
| Languages | French and English |
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (French: Tarzoon, la honte de la jungle) is a 1975 French/Belgian adult animated comedy film directed by cartoonist Picha and Boris Szulzinger. It is a parody of the 1932 film Tarzan the Ape Man. The film was the first foreign-animated film to receive an X rating in the United States (in France, it got a 16 rating).[1]
The original English version (which contained some scenes that were not present on VHS nor DVD) was released in first in some of the foreign countries (France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina, and the Nordic countries). The English version featured the voices of Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. (the son of noted Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller), with comedians John Belushi, Bill Murray, Christopher Guest, and Brian Doyle-Murray present in the casting.[2]
This film is also known as Jungle Burger in the United Kingdom.
- ^ Cohen, Karl F (1997). Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America. North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 90–92. ISBN 0-7864-0395-0.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.