How this comic book travesty of a film ever got past its early dailies without anyone getting fired or the film itself getting scrapped is probably testament to the star power of Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins in 1959. What a disaster in widescreen picture making.
Abel (Perkins) on the run from a South American government makes his way deep into the interior jungle where he is captured by natives, He escapes death by going into a marathon monologue (honest) that dissuades his captors. Enter Rima the Bird Girl (Hepburn) accompanied by her doe sidekick. Abel is smitten but has to deal with her step father ( Lee J. Cobb as carnivorous and over the top as he's ever been. ) and those pesky natives led by an anemic Sessue Hyakawa.
It is miscasting at its best with Perkins one embarrassing Indiana Jones. A malt shop refugee there is not an ounce of believability to be found in this fish out of water. Wispy Audrey Hepburn as a delicate jungle girl is every bit as ridiculous as Perkins macho posing.
Some of the second unit work displays some breathtaking South American landscape but then back then so did Cinerama and we didn't have to put up with watching two commendable actors get stuck in quick sand.
Abel (Perkins) on the run from a South American government makes his way deep into the interior jungle where he is captured by natives, He escapes death by going into a marathon monologue (honest) that dissuades his captors. Enter Rima the Bird Girl (Hepburn) accompanied by her doe sidekick. Abel is smitten but has to deal with her step father ( Lee J. Cobb as carnivorous and over the top as he's ever been. ) and those pesky natives led by an anemic Sessue Hyakawa.
It is miscasting at its best with Perkins one embarrassing Indiana Jones. A malt shop refugee there is not an ounce of believability to be found in this fish out of water. Wispy Audrey Hepburn as a delicate jungle girl is every bit as ridiculous as Perkins macho posing.
Some of the second unit work displays some breathtaking South American landscape but then back then so did Cinerama and we didn't have to put up with watching two commendable actors get stuck in quick sand.