In “ape-speak,” the name Tarzan means “white skin.” Which tells you a great deal about Edgar Rice Burroughs’ famous jungle tales. “White skin” refers to the fact that, in the original Burroughs novels ...

Boasting a marvelous underwater sequence for the pudgy orphan boy and thrillingly kinetic vine-swinging passages for the muscled adolescent, “Tarzan” ranks as one of the best of the modern Disney ...

Some legends never die; they just adapt to new technology and newer generations. Take the Disney studio’s “Tarzan” for example. The latest of innumerable screen incarnations of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ...

In another significant development toward filmless movie projection, Walt Disney Pictures’ animated feature Tarzan will begin a digital exhibition run at three theaters next week, including the AMC ...

TARZAN. Animated with voices of Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Rosie O’Donnell, Lance Henriksen, Nigel Hawthorne. Directed by Kevin Lima, Chris Buck. At area theaters. Running time: 88 mins ...

Millions of people are flocking to see “Tarzan,” the Walt Disney Co. ‘s animated summer blockbuster about the legendary Lord of the Apes. But what moviegoers won’t see even though the story is set in ...

For fans of a certain age, watching the classic 1999 Disney film Tarzan was a pivotal moment in their lives. Many have wondered over the years if the character of Jane was based on Jane Goodall. Is ...

A little more than year ago, a descendant of author Edgar Rice Burroughs sent Richard Cook, chairman of the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, a copy of a letter Burroughs had written to his son in ...

A popular company has acquired film rights to 'Tarzan' in a deal with the estate of original book author Edgar Rice Burroughs. The son of English royalty, Tarzan was abandoned there and later died.