History Film / TarzanTheApeMan1981

->''"''Tarzan, the Ape Man'' is ''[[Film/TheBlueLagoon1980 The Blue Lagoon]]'' with elephants."''

The storyline, such as it is, is mostly a rehash of the [[Film/TarzanTheApeMan 1932 film by the same name]]. This version is meant to be a more adult look at the ''Tarzan'' mythos, focusing on Jane's sexual awakening, and featuring a large supply of {{Fanservice}} along the way. This is ''Tarzan'' updated for the sexual revolution, or at least that's what they seem to be going for here. To date, this is the only ''Tarzan'' movie to receive an "R" rating.

->''"''Tarzan, the Ape Man'' is ''Literature/TheBlueLagoon'' with elephants."''

-->--'''Creator/RogerEbert'''

''Tarzan, the Ape Man'' is a 1981 film starring Creator/BoDerek as Jane, Creator/RichardHarris as James Parker, John Phillip Law as Harry Holt, and Miles O'Keeffe as Tarzan. The movie was intended to retell the ''{{Franchise/Tarzan}}'' story [[POVSequel from Jane's perspective]], a fact which was made clear by the original WorkingTitle of ''Me, Jane''. As it is, audiences are left to wonder why Tarzan seems to be a SatelliteLoveInterest in his own film.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Jane's dad is killed when a native impales him a giant elephant tusk. Well, he wanted ivory.

''Tarzan, the Ape Man'' is a 1981 film starring Creator/BoDerek as Jane, Creator/RichardHarris as Dr. James Parker, John Phillip Law as Harry Holt, and Miles O'Keeffe as Tarzan. The movie was intended to retell the ''{{Franchise/Tarzan}}'' story [[POVSequel from Jane's perspective]], a fact which was made clear by the original WorkingTitle of ''Me, Jane''. As it is, audiences are left to wonder why Tarzan seems to be a SatelliteLoveInterest in his own film.

** At one point, Dr. Parker sings, "Jerusalem." Although the words were written by Creator/WilliamBlake in 1804, they weren't put to music until 1916. The movie is set in 1910.

* IncestSubtext: Jane is said to look a great deal like her mother. The loopy Dr. Parker seems to be, at best, only mildly aware that Jane and her mother are not actually the same person:
-->'''Dr. Parker:''' I loved her too much. So frail. So very... fragile. God, how I loved you.\\

'''Dr. Parker:''' Yes. Her. But you ''are'' her!\\

* OutWithABang: Telling Jane about her mother, Dr. Parker says, "Your conception almost killed her." No, not [[DeathByChildbirth her birth]], her ''conception''. He goes on to explain that he left Jane's mother because he "loved her too much." So, you see, Dr. Parker ''had'' to abandon his wife in order to save her from succumbing to his mighty penis. Seriously.

* StayInTheKitchen: "''My'' expedition... no, no, ''any'' expedition on ''this'' continent is no place for a woman!" Not that Dr. Parker makes any apparent effort to stop his daughter from tagging along.