Tarzan in Manhattan (1989) on Netflix
Tarzan leaves Africa for New York to avenge his ape mother Kala and free the chimp Cheeta, taken by the Brightmore Foundation's hunters. Cab driver Jane Porter and her father Archie help.
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Plot summary
His ape mother Kala has been murdered, and hunters have taken the chimp Cheeta; Tarzan leaves Africa for New York City to avenge Kala and free Cheeta. The hunters work for the Brightmore Foundation, the organization of B. B. Brightmore, and Cheeta is not the only animal they have carried off. In New York he meets Jane Porter, who drives a cab, and her father, Archimedes Porter, called Archie, a retired police officer who now runs his own security agency. The two agree to help him. Joseph, an African storekeeper, is a friend of Tarzan's and a mentor to him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tarzan in Manhattan (1989)
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- In Tarzan in Manhattan, Warren Zevon's "Leave My Monkey Alone" is heard while Tarzan's plane passes over well-known New York landmarks, and Grace Jones's "Pull Up to the Bumper" is heard in Jane's taxicab.
- Joe Lara went on to star in Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, a separate take on the character that had no connection to this film.
