Green Mansions (film)
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| Directed by | Mel Ferrer |
| Produced by | Edmund Grainger |
| Screenplay by | Dorothy Kingsley |
| Based on |
Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson |
| Starring |
Audrey Hepburn Anthony Perkins Lee J. Cobb Sessue Hayakawa Henry Silva Nehemiah Persoff Michael Pate Estelle Hemsley |
| Music by |
Bronislau Kaper Heitor Villa-Lobos Sidney Cutner (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Ferris Webster |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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104 minutes |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,288,000 |
| Box office | $2,390,000 |
Green Mansions is a 1959 American romantic adventure film directed by Mel Ferrer. It is based upon the 1904 novel Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson, the film starred Audrey Hepburn (who at the time was married to Ferrer) as Rima, a jungle girl who falls in love with a Venezuelan traveller played by Anthony Perkins. Also appearing in the film were Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa and Henry Silva. The score was by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Bronislau Kaper.
The film was intended to be the first of several projects directed by Ferrer and starring his wife, but ultimately this was the only one released. It was one of the few critical and box office failures of Hepburn's career. Vincente Minnelli had originally been slated to direct the film, but delays in the project led MGM to choose Ferrer to direct it.
A young man named Abel (Anthony Perkins) narrowly escapes Caracas, Venezuela after it is overtaken by rebels. He decides to seek revenge, as his father, the former Minister of War, was killed. After getting supplies, he takes a canoe to the far shore, where he is nearly killed by a jaguar, but is saved by the native, Indian-like people.
He decides to prove his bravery by not moving once he sees the chief, Runi (Sessue Hayakawa) and telling his story. The Indians are impressed, and do not kill him. After a while, Runi's son Kua-ko (Henry Silva), who has lived with the missionaries of Caracas and speaks English, tells Abel that Runi has agreed so long as he does not harm them, they will not harm him. Abel agrees, and befriends Kua-ko, who tells him of the "Bird Woman", who killed his older brother, and that their tribe is not allowed in the nearby forest.
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