Sheena
Part animal. Part legend. All woman.
Sheena (1984)
Timing:
1:57 (117 min)
5.7/10
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6.019/10
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4.9/10
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Country
Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Budget
$25 000 000
Revenue
$5 778 353
Director
Actors
Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Elizabeth of Toro, France Zobda, Trevor Thomas, Clifton Jones, John Forgeham, Errol John, Sylvester Williams
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Paul Aratow, Yoram Ben-Ami
Operator
Composer
Richard Hartley
Artist
John Wood
Audition
Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Maggie Cartier
Editing
Short description
Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was included in a list of the 100 worst films of all time and peoples, published in a book by the founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards, John Wilson.
- Producer Paul Aratow envisioned making the film as early as 1975 with Universal Pictures and Raquel Welch in the lead role. However, due to constant script rewrites, the project was postponed. It moved from United Artists to Filmways (later Orion Pictures) and then through Avco-Embassy to Columbia Pictures.
- Due to her studies at Yale University, actress Jodie Foster had to decline an offer to play Sheena.
- Animal trainer Hubert Wells, recalling the film, once said: “We flew with an elephant, a rhinoceros, five lions, four leopards, and as many chimpanzees, with fifteen horses and sixteen birds. It was the largest animal shipment to Africa, and getting them to their destination and then returning them was beyond human capabilities.”
- The film was shot in Kenya for around seven months.
- Armed security was present on set to protect the film crew from attacks by wild animals.
- The film features tigers, which do not actually live in Africa.
- The creators of the Sheena character, S. M. Eiger and Will Eisner, were not credited in the film.
- The film's director had previously worked on “jungle child” films, having directed “Tarzan's Greatest Adventure” (1959) and “Tarzan Goes to India” (1962). He also directed three other films about Africa: “The Guns at Batasi” (1964), “Shaft in Africa” (1973), and “Death on the Nile” (1978).
- Two years before playing Sheena, actress Tanya Roberts starred in a similar film, “Beastmaster.” Both films feature scenes with the actress nude.
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