Shame of the Jungle (1975) on Netflix
R19751h 8mAdventureAnimationComedy
Shame, the ape man who rules the jungle, loses June when Queen Bazonga's soldiers carry her off. Bazonga wants June's hair for herself, and Shame sets out with his monkey friend Flicka.
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Plot summary
In the deepest part of Africa, Shame rules the jungle, and June is his mate. Far off, Queen Bazonga lives in a blimp inside a cave, plans to conquer Earth, and wants a full head of hair before anyone will take her seriously. Her two-headed assistant, the Charles of the Pits, proposes a scalp transplant, and Bazonga decides she wants June's hair. She sends her penis soldiers to seize June. June is carried away before Shame can reach her, and he sets off after her with Flicka, his monkey friend. An airplane carrying four explorers crashes into a mud pit: Professor Cedric Addlepate, Stephanie Starlet, the grumbling Brutish and his assistant Short, who have come looking for Shame.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Shame of the Jungle (1975)
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- Tarzoon was the first foreign-animated film to be given an X rating in the United States, while in France it received only a 12 rating.
- The year after release, the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs sued the film's producer and 20th Century-Fox, its French distributor, for alleged plagiarism, but lost when a French court ruled the film a legitimate parody.
- New Zealand's Board of Censors banned the film in 1976, and it was not released there until August 16, 1986, with an R16 rating after the Chief Censor of Films appealed.
- As well as the French version, director Picha made the film in English because he wanted to produce something in "American" and give it international appeal, and the film was ultimately animated to the English soundtrack.
