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Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey

Show Type: Movie
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Drama

    Show description

    Don't miss this five-time OscarŽ nominated 1988 film of the woman who gave her life for the gorillas she loved. Dian Fossey (Golden GlobeŽ winner Weaver, Infamous, The TV Set) fights to save the African mountain gorillas from extinction at the hands of poachers. Self-assured, passionate and fiercely independent, Fossey lives dangerously with the gorillas in their own rugged world, becoming their friend and protector. Weaver won Best Actress for her role as the famous anthropologist at the 1989 Golden GlobeŽ Awards.

    Show Details

    Cast Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson
    Director Michael Apted
    Writer Anna Hamilton Phelan
    Produced By Peter Guber, Rick Baker, Terrance A. Clegg, Arne Glimcher, Judy Kessler, Robert Nixon
    Music By Maurice Jarre
    Release Date 23 September 1988 (USA)
    IMDB Rating 6.9/10
    Awards Won Golden Globe in 1989 for Best Actress: Sigourney Weaver.
    Nominated For Oscar in 1989 for Best Actress: Sigourney Weaver; Golden Globe in 1989 for Best Motion Picture - Drama.
    Also Known As Gorillas in the Mist (USA)
    Trivia Sembagare (John Omirah Miluwi), is based on Rosamund Carr's former house boy and now co-worker at the Imbabazi orphanage, which they both set up in 1994 after the Rwandan Genocide, and still operational.

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