The book Tarzan of the Apes has been made into a number of movies (according to the Internet Movie Database there has been 89 movies with Tarzan in it's title from 1918 to 2008. Originally the first adaptions of the book to film were through silent films which appeared a few years after the book was pubslihed/the character was made. After talking pictures were introduced a popular Tarzan movie franchise was developed, anchored at first by actor Johnny Weissmüller in the title role, which lasted from the 1930s through the 1960s. After the many smaller films Disney’s came out with the animated Tarzan (1999) which marked a new beginning for the ape man, taking its inspiration equally from Burroughs and Greystoke. The newest film does however change the plot a large amount from the original book.
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