Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle

Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle
American theatrical release poster
Directed byPicha
Boris Szulzinger
Written byOriginal version:
Pierre Bartier
Picha
English-dubbed version:
Anne Beatts
Michael O'Donoghue
Produced byBoris Szulzinger
StarringJohnny Weissmuller, Jr.
John Belushi
Bill Murray
Christopher Guest
Brian Doyle-Murray
CinematographyRaymond Burlet
Edited byClaude Cohen
Music byMarc Moulin
Distributed by20th Century-Fox (France)
International Harmony (US)
Release dates
  • 4 September 1975 (1975-09-04) (France)
  • 14 September 1979 (1979-09-14) (United States)
Running time
85 minutes (France)
68 minutes (US)
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguagesFrench 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.[1]

An English dub was released in 1979 where the English cast consists of Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. (the son of noted Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller), with comedians John Belushi, Bill Murray, Christopher Guest, and Brian Doyle-Murray.[2]

This film is also known as Jungle Burger in the United Kingdom.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.