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Green Mansions

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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.

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Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine 10/28/2019
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. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 04/04/2012
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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. Go to Full Review
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Omar B Sep 22 Not good, and my expectations were already low before watching. Too boring, too staged, and highly predictable. Good cast on paper. But in reality, Perkins was too stiff, not much chemistry between him and Hepburn. Made worse by her then-husband Ferrer being the director. Even Audrey's presence in the movie wasn't enough to stop me from falling asleep from boredom 10 mins before the ending. Only positive I can think of is the lush jungle setting. It's a highly forgettable weird film. See more John W 05/21/2024 Like a naive painting, this is a naive movie. It will be loved by some, but not by many. See more @BrentAprill 05/04/2022 10% rating. Did not enjoy this film. Was bored throughout. See more s r @ScottR 11/22/2021 Don't remember it much, saw it for the cast, but it was odd. See more steve d 07/20/2020 Some great talent trying their best and creating their worst work. See more @MilloTPue 09/08/2019 Quite free version from the original book, which loses much of the essence. See more 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
Producer
Edmund Grainger
Screenwriter
Dorothy Kingsley
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 6, 2009
Runtime
1h 41m