Waar speelt Tarzan zich af?

Tarzan is de verweesde zoon van aristocratische Engelse ouders, John en Alice Clayton, ofwel Lord en Lady Greystoke, die eind 19e eeuw strandden aan de westkust van Afrika na een muiterij aan boord van het schip dat hen naar Afrika brengt. Ze proberen te overleven in het oerwoud aan de kust.

Hoe heet de olifant van Tarzan?

Uiteindelijk wordt hij vrienden met de gorilla Tuk en de olifant Tantor. Hij weet dat Kerchak hem niet mag. In de daaropvolgende jaren ontwikkelt Tarzan alle instincten van een aap en leert alles over de jungle en zijn gevaren.

Who is Jack Clayton?

Jack Clayton (1 March 1921 – 26 February 1995) was a British film director and producer who specialised in bringing literary works to the screen. Starting out as a teenage studio “tea boy” in 1935, Clayton worked his way up through British film industry in a career that spanned nearly sixty years.

What did Harold Pinter say about Jack Clayton?

In his professional tribute to Clayton, Harold Pinter said: “Jack Clayton was a director of great sensitivity, intelligence and flair. He was a gentle man, with a quiet, wry sense of humour, but professionally he possessed the utmost rigour and a fierce determination.

What did Clark Clark think of John Clayton as a character?

Clark also described Clayton as “a big drinker who used to tipple all day – mostly brandy – and he was a chain smoker”. He considered that Clayton had “a perverse sense of humour”, and that the director (who, in his view, had been “highly influenced” by his contact with John Huston) also emulated Huston’s “sadistic sense of practical joking”.

What happened to John Clayton’s wife?

His third marriage, (some time in the mid-1960s) was to the Israeli actress Haya Harareet, and this lasted until his death. Clayton died in hospital in Slough, England from a heart attack, following a short illness, on 25 February 1995.