---
title: 'Gorillas in the Mist (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Apted'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 129
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gorillas-in-the-mist-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095243/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

1988 · 129 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Gorillas in the Mist is a 1988 American biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan and a story by Phelan and Tab Murphy. The film is based on a book of the same name by Dian Fossey and from articles by Harold T. P. Hayes, and Alex Shoumatoff of Vanity Fair. It stars Sigourney Weaver as naturalist Dian Fossey and Bryan Brown as photographer Bob Campbell. It tells the story of Fossey, who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Apted](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-apted)
- **Screenplay:** [Tab Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/tab-murphy), [Anna Hamilton Phelan](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-hamilton-phelan), [Harold Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-hayes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Producer:** [Rick Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-baker), [Peter Guber](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-guber), [Jon Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-peters), [Arne Glimcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/arne-glimcher), [Robert Nixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-nixon)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Seale](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-seale)
- **Editor:** [Stuart Baird](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-baird)

## Cast

- [Helen Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-fraser)
- [Julie Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-harris) as Roz Carr
- [Constantin Alexandrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/constantin-alexandrov)
- [Bryan Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-brown) as Bob Campbell
- [Sigourney Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigourney-weaver) as Dian Fossey
- [Iain Glen](https://cinepixo.com/people/iain-glen)
- [Iain Cuthbertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/iain-cuthbertson)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/gorillas-in-the-mist-1988
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