also known as TARZAN AND THE RAINBOW and TARZAN AND THE BROWN
PRINCE
director: Manuel Cano
starring: Steve Hawkes · Kitty Swann · Peter Lee Lawrence · Robin Aristorenas
· Agata Flori
This
movie didn't turn out the way it was supposed to. Both Steve Hawkes and
Kitty Swan were badly burned in an on-set accident shortly after the filming
began. As a result, the motion picture - originally called Tarzan
and the Rainbow - was changed to Tarzan and the Brown Prince
after serious rewrites were required. The new plot introduces a young
boy named Nasu who competes in a death-defying challenge against a considerably
older contender to become the new leader of a native tribe. Through creative
editing/dubbing, Tarzan attempts to help Nasu win the contest (because
he knows the other guy would be a bad ruler) but his real interest is
to keep a group of nasty poachers from trapping protected animals. This
was the original plot and fortunately director Cano had enough footage
in the can to dedicate some of the film to it. By the end, after the bad
guys learn of the existence of a secret Emerald stash, the plot changes
yet again, thus the new title.
This
mismatch was written by Umberto Lenzi (as Santiago Moncada) who also scripted
the first Steve Hawkes Tarzan adventure, TARZAN'S
GREATEST CHALLENGE. Kitty Swan was in that one as well. Both of
their acting careers were halted permanently with the aforementioned disastrous
fire. Ms Swan
- at age 26 dropped completely from the limelight. Mr Hawkes, opened a
Tarzan attraction/animal sanctuary in Loxahatchee Florida (10 miles outside
West Palm Beach). He made headlines in 2004 when his pet tiger Bobo escaped
from the compound and was shot (and killed) by the Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Mr Hawkes attempted to sue the state for murder, but lost the case. Eight
years later - in a supposedly unrelated incident - two tigers and a leopard
were removed from his park due to incorrect federal permits
A Spanish
film in English language with Spanish subtitles; fullscreen format (4:3),
totally uncut version (90 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD
FORMAT. Extras include trailers.
