Cinema
Shame of the Jungle
Tarzoon, la honte de la jungle
Picha · 1975
Synopsis
In the depths of a fantasy Africa, Queen Bazonga, who is bald, dreams of conquering the world. First she needs a head of hair, and the graft she is planning requires the hair of June, the companion of Shame, the ape-man who rules the jungle. Bazonga has June kidnapped, and Shame, flanked by his monkey, sets off to find her through a series of absurd perils.
Context
The film was co-directed with Boris Szulzinger. The heirs of Edgar Rice Burroughs sued it for plagiarism and lost, the parody being recognised, but they obtained that the 1979 American release change the title and the hero's name. This version, rewritten by Anne Beatts and Michael O'Donoghue, of National Lampoon, features the voices of John Belushi, Bill Murray and Christopher Guest and Johnny Weissmuller Jr.
Who it is for
An animated film for adults, bawdy and crude, of about an hour and a half in its full version, later shortened in the United States. Reserved for those who will not be bothered by it.
Prizes and reception
Rated X on its American release, then re-edited and renamed so that it could be shown more widely.
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