Where was Gorillas in the Mist filmed?
1988 film, directed by Michael Apted.
- Kenya
The story is set in Africa, about 1,589 miles (2,558 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Africa
- Filmed in
- Kenya
- Distance
- About 1,589 miles (2,558 km) between Africa and the nearest filming location.
About Gorillas in the Mist
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- Released
- 1988
- Director
- Michael Apted
- Cast
- Sigourney WeaverBryan BrownJulie HarrisIain GlenConstantin AlexandrovIain CuthbertsonHelen Fraser
- Genre
- BiographicalHistorical DramaDrama
- Based on
- Gorillas in the Mist
- Awards
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score; Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama; Genesis Award; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The story
Occupational therapist Dian Fossey is inspired by anthropologist Louis Leakey to devote her life to the study of primates.
Following him to a lecture in Louisville, Kentucky in 1966, she convinces him of her conviction.
Fossey establishes new research efforts in the jungles of neighboring Rwanda, where rampant poaching becomes apparent when she discovers several traps near her new base at Karisoke.
Famous lines from Gorillas in the Mist
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
Choose your man.Dr. Louis Leakey
What's your name?Dian Fossey
You mean we go now?Dian Fossey
No one will mind dear.Dr. Louis Leakey
Yes, to make it by sundown.Dr. Louis Leakey
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