GIVEN THE SIMILARITIES, `TARZAN' AND `INSTINCT' COULD HAVE FALLEN FROM SAME TREE.Byline: - Marla Matzer One studio, two man-among-the-apes movies. While critics have remarked on the similarities between ``Instinct'' and two other movies - ``Gorillas in the Mist'' and ``One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' - we found a number of comparisons between it and the new, animated ``Tarzan.'' Both are from Disney. Coincidence? Maybe not ... Tarzan Orphaned by his family; goes to live with gorillas Wears his hair long and wild Proves his mettle met·tle n. 1. Courage and fortitude; spirit: troops who showed their mettle in combat. 2. Inherent quality of character and temperament. by killing a deadly tiger Learns to be submissive sub·mis·sive adj. Inclined or willing to submit. sub·mis  sive·ly adv.sub·mis to the dominant, male gorilla gorilla, an ape, Gorilla gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. It is the largest of the apes, the males reaching a height of 5 to 6 ft (150–190 cm) with a 9-ft (144–cm) arm spread. Is sexy in a loincloth loin·cloth n. A strip of cloth worn around the loins. loincloth Noun a piece of cloth covering only the loins Noun 1. Instinct Abandons his family; goes to live with gorillas Wears his hair long and wild Proves his mettle by choking a prison bully Learns to be submissive to the dominant, male gorilla Don't even go there CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Disney's animated ``Tarzan'' features a man who lives among the apes. (2) Disney's ``Instinct'' features a sometimes animated Anthony Hopkins Noun 1. Anthony Hopkins - Welsh film actor (born in 1937) Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins, Hopkins who lived among the apes. |
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