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Gorillas in the Mist

Name: Gorillas in the Mist
Director: Michael Apted
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1988-09-23
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson

DramaHistory

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

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Cast

Sigourney WeaverBryan BrownJulie HarrisJohn Omirah MiluwiIain CuthbertsonKonstantin AleksandrovWaigwa WachiraIain GlenDavid LansburyMaggie O'NeillKonga MbanduMichael J. Reynolds

Director

Michael Apted

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