The Emerald Forest
The Emerald Forest

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(247 votes)
1985
1h 54m
Action
Adventure
Drama

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.

Production

Christel Films, Embassy Pictures

Cast

Powers Boothe

Powers Boothe

Bill Markham

Charley Boorman

Charley Boorman

Tomme

Meg Foster

Meg Foster

Jean Markham

Estee Chandler

Estee Chandler

Heather

Dira Paes

Dira Paes

Kachiri

Eduardo Conde

Eduardo Conde

Uwe Werner

Ariel Coelho

Ariel Coelho

Padre Leduc

Peter Marinker

Peter Marinker

Perreira

Mario Borges

Mario Borges

Costa

Yara Vaneau

Yara Vaneau

Young Heather

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