Disney's 1999 cartoon was hardly memorable. And if you saw the 1981 version, "Tarzan, the Ape Man" - with Bo Derek as a mostly naked Jane - well, I'm sorry.

Given the job of creating Kerchak, the silverback patriarch of the gorilla tribe that takes Tarzan in, Bruce Smith discovered there is precious little film of gorillas in their natural habitats.

He sketched a family of gorillas, like the one Tarzan grew up with, and scrutinized leopards, mentally transposing their movement to the animated character taking shape in his head and sketchbook.

June 18, 1999, marks the release date of “Tarzan,” a coming-of-age Disney animated film. This year is its 25th anniversary. Following the story of a child raised by wildlife creatures surrounding him ...

The reigning silverback of the gorillas, Kerchak, fiercely voiced by Lance Henricksen, does not approve of his hairless stepson, and the conflict between them simmers at the core of the story.

Tarzan swings into Melbourne for an exclusive season at The National Theatre in St Kilda with Tarzan – The Stage Musical, ...

RICHMOND, Ind. — Disney’s "Tarzan the Musical" comes to life at Richmond Civic Theatre March 9-11 and 16-18. Based on the popular 1999 Disney movie about a little boy raised by gorillas, this ...