- Release date: 1959
- Runtime: 100 min
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Anthony Perkins, Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa ... See all
- Director: Mel Ferrer
- Plot: A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace, he goes to the mountains and the forests of the Amazon. There he encounters Rima, the Bird Girl, an orphan living a life of nature. It is all an admirable romance telling a tale... Read more
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True Love In the Rain Forest
Oct 18, 2006
bkoganbing
Oct 18, 2006bkoganbing
I guess there's some difference of opinion as to what is found in the area that headwaters of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers make their neighborhood. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote that there was a lost world of prehistoric dinosaurs when... Read more at imdb.com
Well, yes, but wasn't the scenery lovely?
Apr 22, 2000
BobLib
Apr 22, 2000BobLib
Let's dispense with the good points first. At least SOME of the casting works. Specificly, I'm speaking, first, of Hepburn at her most mysterious and bewitching. No one else could have possibly played Rima with the fey charm tinged with... Read more at imdb.com
Dreamlike
Dec 12, 2001
Cheetah-6
Dec 12, 2001Cheetah-6
Anthony Perkins does seem a little out of place in this beautifully shot, unique film from 1959. That is, until he makes it to the inner jungle and meets the bird girl Audrey Hepburn. In the romantic scenes with her,... Read more at imdb.com
Hepburn in an Odd Though Watchable Curio as a Jungle Girl
Aug 23, 2006
Ed Uyeshima
Aug 23, 2006Ed Uyeshima
This must surely be the strangest movie that Audrey Hepburn made, though it's not without its virtues. Directed by her-then husband, actor Mel Ferrer, the 1959 movie is a fanciful adventure story where Hepburn plays Rima, a nymph-like "bird girl"... Read more at imdb.com
audrey too sophisticated, tony terrible
Jul 14, 2005
eek-a-mouse
Jul 14, 2005eek-a-mouse
As a child I always heard that Green Mansions was filmed in my native land, British Guiana, now Guyana.It was one of our early claims to fame.So last night with some excitement I struggled to stay up and watch it... Read more at imdb.com
Bizarre Yet Interesting
Jul 14, 2005
jackmagicjck2
Jul 14, 2005jackmagicjck2
I have heard people harp on and on about how bad this movie is and how Anthony Perkins and Audrey Hepburn were sooooo miscast! While the film is certainly no 'Psycho' or 'Roman Holiday', it is a lot better than... Read more at imdb.com
An impossible story to film, but Mel Ferrer almost brings it off.
Mar 13, 2000
jamil-5
Mar 13, 2000jamil-5
When I read Hudson's "Green Mansions" I thought, "Well, they'll never make a movie out of this!" But director Mel Ferrer gives it a good try and might have had even more success if he had cast a stronger actor... Read more at imdb.com
Appealing romance, at least
Oct 29, 2000
jann-6
Oct 29, 2000jann-6
After reading reviews of this film I expected it to be pretty bad. I wanted to see it anyway because I love Audrey Hepburn, and I always have an interest in seeing Anthony Perkins films since I loved him in... Read more at imdb.com
Oddball Hollywood reworking of the famous book, redeemable in spite of incredibly bad casting choices.
Apr 28, 2003
TheVid
Apr 28, 2003TheVid
Colorful locales, kitschy production design and a nice stroke of sado-masochism go a long way in making this obscure gem a guilty pleasure of jungle-lust adventure. Mel Ferrer directs the story like a comics classic, with his then-wife Audrey Hepburn... Read more at imdb.com
Great fun to see Audrey Hepburn in a non-traditional role.
Jun 22, 2001
TxMike
Jun 22, 2001TxMike
"Green Mansions" is not a very good movie, and I rate it "5" of 10. Anthony Hopkins just looks out of place, in this role a year before his Norman Bates role in Psycho. But Audrey hepburn is something else.... Read more at imdb.com
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