The Warner Archive Collection (WAC), the Warner Bros. Digital Distribution division dedicated to releasing previously unavailable films and television shows, will bring to Blu-ray Hugh Hudson's
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), starring Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, and Ralph Richardson. Street date is April 9th.
Exact technical specs and supplemental features to be included with this upcoming release are yet to be revealed.
An infant raised to manhood among savage apes, living by his wits and the law of the jungle, returns to society to claim his inheritance of humanity and privilege. This collision of "wild" and civilized worlds is the extraordinary saga of Tarzan, chronicled in Edgar Rice Burroughs' popular book series.
Hugh Hudson (
Chariots of Fire, I Dreamed of Africa) directed his lavish adaptation highlighting the character's dual nature as a master of the African jungle and as John Clayton, seventh Earl of Greystoke, heir to one of Scotland's great estates.