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      Green Mansions

      1959 1 hr. 41 min. Romance List
      Reviews 28% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score When his father is murdered by a corrupt political regime, Abel (Anthony Perkins) flees Caracas and for the Venezuelan forests, searching for hidden gold to fund his revenge. In the jungle, he finds Rima (Audrey Hepburn), a "bird girl" who has reverted to a natural and innocent state. Rima was raised by an evil grandfather who still tries to exercise dominion over her. It is up to Abel to try and save the girl from her grandfather, and also to protect her from superstitious natives. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member 10% rating. Did not enjoy this film. Was bored throughout. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review s r Don't remember it much, saw it for the cast, but it was odd. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review steve d Some great talent trying their best and creating their worst work. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite free version from the original book, which loses much of the essence. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member entertaining scenery, ethereal dialogue matches surreal story, pleasant fantasy jungle adventure Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member I could never get into the tedious book, and the movie version of "Green Mansions" is even less enchanting than the book. Fresh, new Audrey Hepburn must have seemed like a Godsend to those who were attempting to cast Rima, the so-called "Bird Girl," but she is overly made up for the role and looks like a fashion model tip-toeing through the Amazon forest ballerina-style. If ever there was a movie that should have lilted and soared, this would have been it, but it remains strangely earthbound. Tribal sequences are laughable, with too many naked, muscular men performing a Martha Graham dance centered around a ridiculous straw "Bird Girl" effigy that eventually goes up in flames. Anthony Perkins was also young a new here, but he has little to do but look bewildered and fascinated other than get captured and tied up by the Indians in a very familiar sequence. Mel Ferrer, Audrey's husband at the time, directed, and it is all very stagey, which can happen when a husband directs a star. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine The ethereal Audrey Hepburn was a good choice to portray a mysterious "bird girl"...but Mel Ferrer's ponderous direction and a gauzypoetic ending defeat the worthy project. Oct 28, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com One of Audrey Hepburn's few bad films, a pretentiously mythic and romantic tale, misdirected by her husband Mel Ferrer, and further suffering from lack of chemistry with Anthony Perkins. Rated: C Apr 4, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis When his father is murdered by a corrupt political regime, Abel (Anthony Perkins) flees Caracas and for the Venezuelan forests, searching for hidden gold to fund his revenge. In the jungle, he finds Rima (Audrey Hepburn), a "bird girl" who has reverted to a natural and innocent state. Rima was raised by an evil grandfather who still tries to exercise dominion over her. It is up to Abel to try and save the girl from her grandfather, and also to protect her from superstitious natives.
      Director
      Mel Ferrer
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      Romance
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jul 6, 2009