Tarzan (2003)

Country of Origin: Canada / USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 5 October 2003 - 23 November 2003
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 8
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Laura Ziskin Productions / The Gerber Co / Warner Bros. Television
Executive Producers: Bill Motz, Bob Roth, Steve Loter, David Gerber, David Nutter, Laura Ziskin, P.K. Simonds
Co-Executive Producers: Eric Kripke, Molly Newman
Supervising Producers: Dan Lerner, Pamela Oas Williams
Producers: Leonard Dick, Pamela Oas Williams, Peter R. McIntosh
Co-Producer: Mere Smith
Consulting Producer: Lynne E. Litt
Associate Producers: Michael Karafilis, Agatha Warren

SCRIPT
Script: Leonard Dick, Eric Kripke, Lynne E. Litt, Molly Newman, Michael Reisz, P.K. Simonds, Mere Smith
Stories: Michael Colleary, Eric Kripke, Mike Werb
Characters: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Developed By: Eric Kripke, Michael Colleary, Mike Werb

DIRECTION
Directors: Peter Ellis, Perry Lang, James Marshall, David Solomon, Harry Winer, Thomas J. Wright, David Nutter

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera Equipment: Clairmont Camera Inc
Labs: Command Post, Canada; The Lab, Toronto, Canada; ToyBox, Vancouver, Canada

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Post Production Services: Eyes Post Group, Technicolor Creative Services

MUSIC
Music: Jason Derlatka, Jon Ehrlich

LOCATIONS
Locations: New York City, New York, USA; Santa Monica, California, USA; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CAST
Travis Fimmel (John Clayton / Tarzan)
Sarah Wayne Callies (Officer Jane Porter)
Miguel A. Núñez Jr (Detective Sam Sullivan)
Leighton Meester (Nicki Porter)
Lucy Lawless (Kathleen Clayton)
Mitch Pileggi (Richard Clayton)
Douglas O'Keeffe (Patrick Nash)
Joe Grifasi (Lieutenant Scott Connor)
Fulvio Cecere (Detective Gene Taylor)
Tim Guinee (Donald Ingram)
Marie Cruz (Mary)

SUMMARY

New York police officer Jane Porter runs across the jungle lord Tarzan who is now making his home in the wilder parts of the city. Tarzan's billionaire uncle runs the huge Greystoke Industries and tries to civilize Tarzan while Tarzan himself falls in love with Jane.

EPISODES

SEASON ONE
Pilot (5 October 2003)
Secrets and Lies (12 October 2003)
Wages of Sin (19 October 2003)
Rules of Engagement (26 October 2003)
Emotional Rescue (2 November 2003)
Surrender (9 November 2003)
For Love of Country (16 November 2003)
The End of the Beginning (23 November 2003)

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: Sky TV

USA
Television Distributors: Warner Bros. Television / The WB Television Network

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Tarzan and Jane - working title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Entertainment Weekly no.727 (12 September 2003) pp.98-101 (USA)
illustrated article (Half Man Half Model by Nicholas Fonseca)

TV Guide vol.51 no.46 (15 November 2003) p.30 (USA)
review (He Ain't Got That Swing by Matt Roush)

KEYWORDS

new york, police, tarzan

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009