The Emerald Forest
What kind of man would return year after year for ten years to rescue a missing boy from the most savage jungle in the world? His father.
6.6(270) 1985-06-22 114 minActionAdventureDrama
For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.
ProducerJohn Boorman
DirectorJohn Boorman
ScreenplayRospo Pallenberg
Original Music ComposerBrian Gascoigne
Original Music ComposerJunior Homrich
Cast & characters
Powers Boothe
as Bill Markham
Charley Boorman
as Tomme
Meg Foster
as Jean Markham
Estee Chandler
as Heather
Dira Paes
as Kachiri
Eduardo Conde
as Uwe Werner
Ariel Coelho
as Padre Leduc
Peter Marinker
as Perreira
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Mario Borges
as Costa
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Yara Vaneau
as Young Heather
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William Rodriguez
as Young Tommy
Átila Iório
as Trader
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Gabriel Arcanjo
as Trader's Henchman
Gracindo Júnior
as Carlos
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Arthur Muhlenberg
as Rico
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Chico Terto
as Paulo
Ruy Polanah
as Wanadi
Maria Helena Velasco
as Uluru
Tetchie Agbayani
as Caya
Paulo Vinícius
as Mapi
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Aloisio Flores
as Samanpo
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Joao Mauricio Carvalho
as Monkey
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Isabel Bicudo
as Kachiri's Cousin
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Patricia Prisco
as Kachiri's Cousin
