SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Console best movie i've ever seen.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

edwagreen In a year that she won critical acclaim, the N.Y.C. Film Critics Award and the 3rd of 5 Oscar nominations in "The Nun's Story," how in heaven did Audrey Hepburn manage to make such a clinker as "Green Mansions?"Tony Perkins flees a Venezuelan revolution and plots revenge. We never hear about this subject again and how he is going to go about extracting revenge for the killing of his father.Instead, we are subjected to his meeting with a tribe and he proves he is manly. He is sent off to kill a girl in the neighboring forest who killed the elder of Sessue Haywakawa's son. Hayakawa is briefly seen and does little to nothing in the film.We are subjected to fights, nice scenery and beautiful nature. Lee J. Cobb, who plays Hepburn's alleged grandfather isn't even the grandfather.If the tree she was hiding in went up in those spectacular flames, it is presumed that Hepburn was dead. She came back to him through nature. A first class stinker of major proportions.

calvinnme It's easy to see why 1959 critics called it "muddled". The film, which is set in South America's jungles, manages to be an ecological statement (man should take care of his surroundings), a love story, a tale of redemption (in the film's first ten minutes, Abel (Anthony Perkins) sees his father killed and vows vengeance on the killers. Audrey Hepburn as Rima does her utmost in a near impossible part. Lee J. Cobb overacts as Rima's protector.MGM spent over one million dollars (a great deal of money in 1959) getting shots of South America to mix in with the main filming done on MGM's back lot. The mixing in of the shots is well done, but it's obvious what was shot at MGM and what were the South American jungle shots. Perkins is the voice of sanity in the film, because whenever the plot threatens to get too wispy, he brings it back down to earth. He has a scene where he serenades Rima with his lovely tenor voice. It was a pity that he was never in a film musical.If the film has a message it seems to be that true love never dies.

hkatchay Not a great artistic film and the depiction of the Amerindians who inhabit the interior of Guyana were not accurately reflected. But in 1959 who was to know the difference.The opening shot of the Guyana interior showing Keiteur Falls, not Angel Falls which is in Venezuela, was great for this native to see.One shining moment on film. Thanks to the script writer for having Audrey actually call the falls by the correct name of Keiteur. The film was based on a real adventure experiences by the author and led him to view the beauty that was seen by sir Arther Connon Doyle and he began to formulate the words for his great work, The Lost World.It is a beauty to behold and Audrey Hepburn fans will enjoy her radiance and acting skill as she navigates through a difficult script as well as the Jungle of Guyana.

Sheila_Beers I have read "Green Mansions" and have seen the film, and I must say both are among my favorites. The novel and film especially touched me because I always have been fascinated with South America. There is a certain mystery about the Amazon jungle, and I loved seeing the range of South American society from the city to the jungle depicted in the film. As Abel (portrayed by Anthony Perkins) leaves the city of Caracas, Venezuela, and goes to the jungle, the viewer should note the layers of civilization being peeled away as the journey takes him from an urban society to the Stone Age. His character is a wealthy, educated man of European (Spanish) descent, but he is able to adapt to the jungle. As the film progresses, it demonstrates the basic qualities of human nature and the idea that people everywhere are basically the same.It is interesting to see Perkins cast as an upper-class purebred Spaniard in a romantic leading man role; one must remember this film was made BEFORE Perkins' appeared as Norman Bates in "Psycho" and unfortunately became typecast as a weirdo or villain. Although Perkins became famous for "Psycho," the role ruined the potential he had as a very handsome, elegant leading man.The film also shows the basic elements of human nature with the potential for good and the propensity for evil. Abel (a victim much as Abel in the Bible) flees Caracas after his father is murdered, and like the Conquistadors who came before him, he seeks gold to restore his place in society and exact a sort of revenge on his father's murderers. In the jungle he finds Rima (portrayed so ethereally by Audrey Hepburn), who represents innocence and the idealism of youth and true love. The jungle becomes a Garden of Eden, yet evil is on the outskirts of the plantation, ready to destroy the peace and happiness of Rima and Abel.The superstitious Indians have a Cain-and-Abel dispute with the one representing Cain placing the blame on the innocent Rima. When Abel learns the truth, he realizes that good and evil exist in all societies.