Shame of the jungle
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Tarzoon: Shame of the jungle |
| Original title | Tarzoon, la honte de la jungle |
| Country of production | Belgium , France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1975 |
| length | Original: 85 minutes English version: 79 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Picha Boris Szulzinger |
| script |
Original version : Pierre Bartier Picha English version : Anne Beatts Michael O'Donoghue |
| production | Boris Szulzinger |
| music | Marc Moulin |
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (French: Tarzoon, la honte de la jungle) is a 1975 Franco-Belgian cartoon for adults directed by Picha and Boris Szulzinger .
action
The film takes place in the middle of the African jungle, in Bush Country. The evil, fourteen-breasted and bald-headed Queen Bazonga, who lives in an airship, decides, together with her double-headed Figaro Charles, to get the scalp of June, who lives in the jungle, in order to transplant her lush hair growth onto her head, and sends her penis soldiers out, to kidnap June. Shame, who lives with June, notices that his playmate has disappeared in the morning and decides to save her. Although June prefers to have fun with his chimpanzee, since Shame cannot satisfy her sufficiently himself, he and the monkey Flicka go looking for his big-breasted girlfriend. As Shame swings through the jungle, a plane crashes into a huge mud pit. The crew consists of the eccentric Professor Cedric Addlepate, the rather naive Stella Starlet, the grumpy Brutish and his nervous assistant Short. Because the scientists have come to Africa to prove Shame's existence, he is initially stopped by them when he and the crew meet in the jungle. Soon, however, they get caught up in the clutches of cannibals. Ultimately, Shame manages to escape and free June. The hero owes this to the chance that the queen's weapons, her bouncing penis soldiers, turn against the queen herself. Stella Starlet, however, becomes queen of the ogre and plans to conquer Hollywood.
reception
Shame of the Jungle emerges from the mass of porn animated film productions of the 70s and 80s in that it differs greatly from the mostly German cartoon porn in terms of visual aesthetics and the design of the plot. In 1975 Belgium proposed Tarzoon, la honte de la jungle as Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards , but the film was not nominated by the Academy. It was the second cartoon ever proposed in this category.
production
The film work ended in 1975. The film was promptly dubbed in German by Berliner Synchron GmbH (dubbing director: Dietmar Behnke, dialogue book: Michael Richter) . The following year, Edgar Rice Burroughs' heirs sued the makers of Tarzoon and 20th Century Fox over alleged plagiarism. Therefore, the film title and the name of the main character Tarzoon were changed before the film could also be shown in the USA and was only released there from 1979 under the title Shame Of The Jungle . However, a French court ruled that the film was a legitimate parody.
For a revision of the film with new dialogues for the American market, actors and comedians such as John Belushi , Adolph Caesar, Brian Doyle-Murray, Judy Graubart, Bill Murray and Johnny Weißmüller Jr. were won over. Another lawsuit from Burroughs' heirs resulted in the movie's title ultimately being changed to Shame of the Jungle , as well as some character names.
distribution
The film, which was not released for young people in Germany less because of the sexuality portrayed than its partially malicious image content, was only removed from the index in 2008. Still, the film drew 1.3 million people to the cinemas in the 80s. In 2009, the distribution company WVG in Germany brought out Schande des Jungle with a German and French soundtrack at the same time, The Big Bang and The Missing Link (only with a German soundtrack) , both of which also come from the makers Picha and Szulzinger. This DVD contains a previously unpublished Director's Cut version of the film. In 2011, Shame of the Jungle was released by Lace DVD in the UK. In 2015, on the 40th anniversary of its completion, Shame of the Jungle was presented in a restored version.
synchronization
French version (original, 1975)
- Georges Aminel - Tarzoon
- Arlette Thomas - June
- Paule Emanuele - Queen Bazonga
- Claude Bertrand - M'Bulu
- Pierre Trabaud - the two-headed Charles # 1
- Roger Carel - the two-headed Charles # 2 / Short
- Guy Piérauld - Professor Cedric Addlepate
- Laurence Badie - Steffanie Starlet
- Marc de Georgi - Brutish
- Lita Recio - Nurse
- Philippe Dumat - radio announcer
- Bernard Dhéran - narrator
German version (1975)
- Horst Niendorf - Tarzoon (Niendorf had both Lex Barker and Gordon Scott dubbed several times in the role of Tarzan)
- Beate Hasenau - June
- Christine Gerlach - Queen Bazonga
- Heinz Theo Branding - Bruno
- Joachim Tennstedt - Craig
- Wilfried Herbst - Charles Links
- Gerd Duwner - Charles right
- Herbert Weißbach - Professor Addlepate
- Arnold Marquis - Commentary Speaker
English version (1979)
- Johnny Weissmuller Jr.- Shame
- Emily Prager - June
- Pat Bright - Queen Bazonga
- John Belushi - Craig Baker
- Brian Doyle-Murray - the two-headed Charles # 1
- Andrew Duncan - the two-headed Charles # 2
- Guy Sorel - Professor Cedric Addlepate
- Christopher Guest - M'Bulu / Short / Nurse
- Judy Graubart - Stella Starlet
- Adolph Caesar - Brutish
- Bill Murray - reporter
- Bob Perry - narrator
Web links
- Shame of the Jungle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schande des Dschungels, monstersandcritics.de, 2009. ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The erotic cartoons Pichas on DVD, f.lm. ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stefan Höltgen: The thing in itself, schnitt.de, July 31, 2009.
- ↑ Jerry Beck: Academy ignores animation for Best Foreign Film, cartoonbrew.com, January 16, 2008.
- ^ Tarzoon - Schande des Dschungels (BEL) (1975), synchrondatenbank.de. Accessed June 6, 2015.
- ↑ CC: Shame Of The Jungle In: retrojunk.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ↑ Fred Patten: French Animation Part 4: Jump to 1970-1975 In: cartoonresearch.com, November 16, 2016.
- ↑ Shame of the Jungle, OFDb.de, May 29, 2009.
- ↑ Andre Friebel: DVD review: Schande des Dschungels monstersandcritics.de, May 18, 2009. ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stefan Höltgen: The thing in itself, schnitt.de, July 31, 2009.
- ↑ Mercedes Milligan: Montreal's Animaze Opens with X-Rated Toon, Animation Magazine, April 15, 2015.
- ↑ Jerry Beck: The Animated Movie Guide, 1st edition, A Capella Books, Chicago, 2005, p. 245.
