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The Emerald Forest

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The Emerald Forest
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R,1hr 53min
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1985
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MGM
Synopsis: The Emerald Forest is based on a true story, as related by Los Angeles Times correspondent Leonard Greenwood. Powers Boothe stars as Bill Markham, a US engineer working on a dam project in the Amazonian jungles. Bill's young son, Tomme (played by director John Boorman's son Charley Boorman) is kidnapped in the rain forest by a tribe called "The Invisible People" because of their skills at camouflage - a group that has reportedly never experienced contact with Caucasians. The authorities give up ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
Bill Markham
Jean Markham
Kachiri
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