Wuchak
Good rainforest movie marred by eye-rolling bits and tacked on eco message
An American engineer (Powers Boothe) takes his family to the Amazon Basin to build a major dam, but his son suddenly disappears and there are rumors that he may have been taken by a tribe called The Invisible People. Ten years pass and hes still looking. Will he find him? Will the son (Charley Boorman) recognize him? Meg Foster is on hand as the wife/mother.
The Emerald Forest (1985) is similar to A Man Called Horse (1970) story-wise, albeit involving a teen, plus featuring the Amazon setting of Fitzcarraldo (1982). It influenced later movies like Dances With Wolves (1990) and, as far as look goes, Apocalypto (2006). Being helmed by John Boorman, its a qu...