What is "tarzan"

name of character in a series of novels by U.S. fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), introduced 1914.

Tarzan is a 1999 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 37th Disney animated feature film, it is based on the story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is the first animated major motion picture version of the Tarzan story. Directed by Chris Buck and Kevin Lima with a screenplay by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, and Noni White, Tarzan features the voices of Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, and Rosie O'Donnell with Brian Blessed, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight, and Nigel Hawthorne.

Pre-production of Tarzan began in 1995 with Kevin Lima selected as director, being later joined by animator Chris Buck the same year. Following a first draft by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, and Dave Reynolds were brought in to re-construct the third act and add additional humor to the screenplay. English musician Phil Collins was recruited to compose and record songs which were integrated with a score by Mark Mancina. Meanwhile, the production team embarked on a research trip to Uganda and Kenya to study the gorillas. Animation for the film was done in California, Orlando, Florida, and Paris with Deep Canvas, the pioneering computer animation software system, predominantly used to create three-dimensional backgrounds.

Tarzan was released to a positive reaction from critics who praised the film's animation and music. Against a production budget of $130 million (then the most expensive animated film ever made until Disney's Treasure Planet (2002) which cost $140 million), the film grossed $448.2 million worldwide becoming the fifth-highest film release in 1999, second-highest animation release of 1999 behind Toy Story 2 (1999), and the first Disney animated feature to open at first place at the North American box office since Pocahontas (1995). The film has led to many derived works, such as a Broadway adaptation, a television series The Legend of Tarzan, and two direct-to-video follow-ups: Tarzan & Jane (2002) and Tarzan II: The Legend Begins (2005).

Tarzan: The Musical is based on the Disney film of the same name, which is, in turn, adapted from the 1914 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The songs are written by Phil Collins with a book by David Henry Hwang. The musical mostly follows the plot of the Disney film: Tarzan is raised by gorillas, meets Jane, a young English naturalist, and falls in love. Jane's entourage plans to kill the gorillas, and Tarzan's loyalties are tested.

The original Broadway production opened in 2006, directed and designed by Bob Crowley with choreography by Meryl Tankard. The production ran for 35 previews and 486 performances. Subsequently, the show has been staged in several other countries and by regional theatres.

Tarzan is an American television series that premiered on October 5, 2003 on The WB. Based on the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and developed by Eric Kripke, the show was set in New York City, depicting a modern-day adaptation on Burroughs' characters. The series was canceled after eight episodes.

Tarzan is a character created by writer Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Tarzan may also refer to:

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan (played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character who had grown tired of civilization, and returned to the jungle where he had been raised.

The show retained many of the trappings of the movie series, including Cheeta, while excluding other elements, such as Jane, as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that producer Sy Weintraub had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, and Mike Henry. CBS aired repeat episodes the program during the summer of 1969.

Tarzan, a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in 23 sequels. The character proved immensely popular and quickly made the jump to other media, including comics.

Tarzan of the Apes was adapted into newspaper strip form, first published January 7, 1929 with illustrations by Hal Foster. A full page Sunday strip began on March 15, 1931 with artwork by Rex Maxon. United Feature Syndicate distributed the strip.

Tarzán is the official mascot of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, also known as "Colegio".

Tarzan is a Disney franchise that commenced in 1999 with the theatrical release of the film Tarzan.

Tarzán was a French- Canadian- Mexican television series that aired in syndication from 1991– 94. In this version of the show, Tarzan ( Wolf Larson) was portrayed as a blond environmentalist, with Jane ( Lydie Denier) turned into a French ecologist. The series aired in syndication in the United States.

Ron Ely, famous for playing Tarzan in the original series, played a character named Gorden Shaw in the first season episode “Tarzan the Hunted”.

Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1999 Disney animated film, Tarzan. The songs on the soundtrack were composed by Phil Collins, and the instrumental score by Mark Mancina. The song " You'll Be in My Heart" won both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, while the soundtrack album won a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album. For his contribution to the soundtrack, Collins received an American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

Tarzan was the first Disney soundtrack to be recorded in multiple languages for different markets, with Collins recording English, Italian, German, Spanish, and French versions of the soundtrack. Collins was assisted by composer Éric Serra to record and produce French version of the songs.

Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in twenty-five sequels, several authorized books by other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized.

Tarzan is a series of twenty-four adventure novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, followed by several novels either co-written by Burroughs, or officially authorized by his estate. There are also two works written by Burroughs especially for children that are not considered part of the main series.

The series is considered a classic of literature and is the author's best-known work. Tarzan has been called one of the best-known literary characters in the world. Written by Burroughs between 1912 and 1965, Tarzan has been adapted many times, complete or in part, for radio, television, stage, and cinema. (It has been adapted for the cinema more times than any book except Dracula).

Even though the copyright on Tarzan of the Apes has expired in the United States, the name Tarzan is still protected as a trademark of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Also, the work remains under copyright in some other countries where copyright terms are longer.

Tarzan (also known as Tarzan 3D) is a 2013 English-language German-produced 3D computer-animated motion capture family action drama adventure film written, directed and produced by German producer Reinhard Klooss which was released on October 17, 2013 in Russia. The film was released across early 2014 in other countries. The film stars the voices of Kellan Lutz, Spencer Locke, Anton Zetterholm, Mark Deklin, Joe Cappelletti, and Jaime Ray Newman. The screenplay was written by Reinhard Klooss, Jessica Postigo and Yoni Brenner. The film is based on the classic book Tarzan of the Apes (1912) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is one of many adaptations. The film received predominantly negative reviews from critics, who panned the film's storyline and animation and grossed $44 million worldwide. Tarzan was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 5, 2014.

The nickname Tarzan may refer to:

• Enrico Annoni (born 1966), Italian retired footballer
• Tom Beer (born 1944), American former National Football League player
• Migueli (born Miguel Bernardo Bianquetti in 1951), Spanish retired footballer
• Gilles Bilodeau (1955-2008), Canadian ice hockey player, mainly in the World Hockey Association
• Don Bragg (born 1935), American retired pole vaulter
• Ellison Brown (1914–1975), Narragansett Indian runner
• Younus Changezi (born 1944), Pakistani politician
• Tarzan Cooper (1907-1980), African-American basketball player
• Cyrille Delannoit (1926-1998), European middleweight boxing champion in 1948
• John F. Druze (1914-2005), American football player and college football coach
• Ludwig Fainberg (born 1958), Ukrainian mobster
• Bobby Estalella (outfielder) (1911-1991), Major League Baseball player
• Brendon Gale (born 1968), Australian rules football sports administrator and former player
• Eric Glass (1910-1985), Australian rules footballer
• Carl Holtz (1920-2006), American rower
• Michael Heseltine (born 1933), Welsh-British politician and businessman
• Joe Kendall (1909-1965), African-American member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Mohamed Nur, Somali politician, mayor of Mogadishu (2010-2014)
• Roberto Olivo (1914–2005), Venezuelan baseball umpire
• David "Tarzan" Ritchie (born 1945), Scottish former shinty player
• Antonio Roma (1932–2013), Argentine football goalkeeper
• Hector Tarrazona (born 1944), former Philippine Air Force colonel and a founding member of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement
• Tarzan Taylor (1895-1971), American football player
• David Tyrrell (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league player
• Joe Wallis (born 1952), American retired Major League Baseball player
• Art White (1915-1996), American National Football League player
• Tarzan Woltzen (1905–1995), American professional basketball player
• Tarzan Yamada (born 1962), Japanese race car driver