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From: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Date: 20040421
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Byline: KIMBERLEY DARKE

8pm, Sky One Underwear model Travis Fimmel (left) hangs up his Calvin Kleins in favour of a loincloth for this latest version of Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic tale. John Clayton (aka Tarzan) is happily living with the animals in the African jungle after surviving a plane crash as a child.

However, evil uncle Richard (Mitch Pileggi) decides it's time to civilise the jungle lord and so transports him to New York, where he is locked in the towers of Greystoke Industries.

Tarzan soon escapes - barefoot and mute - to hang from gargoyles and climb ...

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