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Walking a vine line `Tarzan' holds appeal for both adults and kids

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19990618
Author:Roger Ebert

TARZAN (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Voices of: Tarzan Tony Goldwyn Jane Minnie Driver Terk Rosie O'Donnell Tantor Wayne Knight Kala Glenn Close Professor Porter Nigel Hawthorne Kerchak Lance Henriksen Directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck. Written by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker and Noni White, based on the story "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated G. Opening today at local theaters. Something deep within the Tarzan myth speaks to us, and Disney's new animated "Tarzan" captures it. Maybe it's the notion that we can ...

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