Mr. Rom.
Leon Rom
Opar! We found it.
Captain Moulle?
Form your lines.
Maxims ready, sir!
Steady... Wait... Fire!
George Washington Williams
How are we suppose to catch a train going 40 miles an hour?
Gravity... [he and the natives jump off one at a time]
George Washington Williams
An open letter to His Serene Majesty, Leopold II, King of the Belgians. Every charge I'm about to bring against your Majesty's personal government of the Congo has been carefully investigated. We have witnesses, documents, letters, and official records to bring to your attention and to verify our claims of your systematic abuse and enslavement of the Congolese people. George Washington Williams. July 18th, 1890.
George Washington Williams
I'm still coming with you.
You can't keep up.
George Washington Williams
I might not be able to keep up with Tarzan, but I sure as hell can keep up with *you*.
George Washington Williams
What I wouldn't give for a horse right now. Why is it people don't ride zebras?
Horses kick to escape. Zebras continue until you are dead.
George Washington Williams
Zeebra. Zehbra. Tomayto. Tomahto.
It's nearly impossible to take the wild out of something born to it.
George Washington Williams
It seems to work with you. Look. I feel foolish for asking, but... Can you really talk to animals?
You're an educated man, Dr. Williams. You tell me.
George Washington Williams
You look like you're about to give me a hug.
I wasn't.
George Washington Williams
Looked like you were. [they embrace]
Are you aware that you always seem not going to do something right before you do it?
George Washington Williams
Yeah? Well. That's only since I've been saddled with your company.
Beyond that is all Mangani land.
George Washington Williams
"Mangani"? Those gorillas you lived with?
They're not gorillas.
Porter
Gorillas are gentle. Mangani are not.
I'll have to fight Akut.
George Washington Williams
That's Akut?!
He was my brother once. Now he'd only see me as a deserter.
Your son killed the only person who ever cared about me.
It was an animal!
She was my mother!
How was he to know? My son was just a boy! Not like you! Where was your honor?
I... I had none. I had none.
Leon Rom
What did Tarzan do?
Jane Porter
He killed his only son.
Leon Rom
Oh.
Jane Porter
Mm. And get ready, because that is nothing compared to what he will do to you.
Leon Rom
Your husband's wildness disturbs me more than I can easily express. Whereas your spirit...
Leon Rom
Tarzan? [Tarzan coldly starts releasing his grip] TARZAN! [Tarzan continues to let the bead chain slip from his hands] John? [Tarzan lets the bead chain slip from his fingers] JOHN! [falls back into the jaws of the approaching crocodiles]
Jane Porter
They are singing the legend of Tarzan. For many moons he was thought to be an evil spirit - a ghost in the trees. They speak of his power over the animals of the jungle. Because his spirit came from them. He understood them. And learned to conquer them. His ape mother, Kala, loved him as her own. And his ape brother, Akut, treated him with kindness and respect. He considered all men to be his enemies, since other tribes would hunt his troop as a rite of passage. Chief Muviro knew what he was. You must get to him. Since no man ever started with less.
Jane Porter
They are singing the legend of Tarzan. For many moons he was thought to be an evil spirit - a ghost in the trees. They speak of his power over the animals of the jungle. Because his spirit came from them. He understood them. And learned to be as one with them.
At the Berlin conference of 1884, the world's colonial powers took it upon themselves to divide up the African Congo. King Leopold of Belgium claimed the vast Congo basin, rich in ivory and minerals. Five years later he had run up high debts in his ambition to exploit his new colony. Desperate for funds and running out of money to pay his army, he sent his most trusted servant, Leon Rom, to the Congo to source the legendary diamonds of Opar.