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Critic's choice; Disney adds top-notch visuals, voices, music to `Tarzan' tale.(ENTERTAINMENT)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 19990711
Author:Strickler, Jeff

1/3 Tarzan was an instant hit when he was introduced at the turn of the century by writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. The jungle hero is ending the century the same way he started it: with people going ape over him.

"Tarzan" has caught the fancy of the moviegoing public by following the Disney Studio's template for animated features. It's a fast-paced adventure that combines bustling energy, eye-popping visuals, a humorous sidekick and toe-tapping music.

In creating the 48th Tarzan movie, the filmmakers decided to focus on the one part of the legend that had been ...

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