While it may have soft-soaped on the more politically touchy aspects of Dian Fossey's mission to save Africa's mountain gorillas, Michael Apted's film still delivers a captivating portrait of a ...

An Oscar-nominated Sigourney Weaver stars as Dian Fossey, the US scientist who dedicated her life to studying and protecting the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. Drama ...

Gorillas live in complex social groups led by a dominant male silverback; he is intelligent and powerful, fiercely leading his troop through the dangers of the jungle; gorillas are like humans in ...

A MIGHTY Silverback gorilla dubbed "The King" once starred in a popular film with Sigourney Weaver. The young gorilla first starred in "Gorillas in the Mist", a film about the famed gorilla ...

The film also resulted in Sigourney's first ... Towards the end of the '80s, she appeared in "Gorillas in the Mist," portraying the real-life primatologist Dian Fossey. That year, she also joined ...

After a notably quieter 2023 edition which was marred by industry strikes, the 81st Venice Film Festival was ... from Alien and Working Girl to Gorillas in the Mist and Avatar.

DEADLINE: You soon zoomed to another genre with Gorillas in the Mist. What did you learn from that experience? WEAVER: Dian [Fossey, the film’s subject] wanted the film made, and the producer ...

"Nobody wanted to look short and that was how I took the temperature of the room." Sigourney - who got her big break in 'Alien' at the age of 29 - was determined to be "someone people wanted to work ...

Scientists found an overlap of four native plant species that were consumed by gorillas and also used in traditional medicine. Researchers tested bark samples of each plant for antibacterial and ...

Rwanda’s Virunga volcanoes have become the go-to for once-in-a-lifetime encounters with mountain gorillas. And further south, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa are seen as essential stop-offs ...