Directors:Steve Loter; Victor A. Cook; Don Mackinnon
Genre: Children's/Family
Main Cast: Michael T. Weiss, Olivia D'Abo, April Winchell, Jim Cummings
Release Year: 2002
Run Time: 70 minutes
Plot
Even when you're the King of the Jungle, you don't want to forget your anniversary with your significant other, as taught in this direct-to-video sequel to the 1999 Disney animated adventure Tarzan. Tarzan (voice of Michael T. Weiss) and Jane (voice of Olivia d'Abo) are soon to celebrate their first anniversary together, and as the two find themselves looking back on the ups and downs of the past year, Jane decides she wants to get something special for Tarzan to mark the occasion. But Jane has a hard time deciding just what the special gift should be, and even their animal friends Terk the Gorilla (voice of April Winchell) and Tantor the Elephant (voice of Jim Cummings) are short on gift ideas. As it turns out, it's Tarzan who has the big surprise for Jane, as he plans something special to show how he's come to understand the life she left behind to be with him. Tarzan and Jane also features a new recording of the song "Two Worlds," written for the 1999 film Tarzan, and here performed by the song's composer, Phil Collins, with teen pop star Mandy Moore. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Tarzan & Jane is a Disney direct-to-video film released on July 23, 2002, which continues the adventures of the characters from the 1999 animated feature Tarzan, and uses three unaired episodes of the film's corresponding television series, The Legend of Tarzan. Tarzan II, a midquel to the original film, was released in 2005.
The film makes use of a frame tale to present three self contained "episodes" via flashback. Jane and Tarzan's first anniversary has arrived, and Jane is trying to find a suitable present for her husband, with the help of the elephant Tantor, and the gorilla Terk. When a party is suggested, the trio remember the disaster that occurred when three of Jane's friends arrive for a visit. As Jane considers a gift of jewellery, she is reminded of Tarzan's exploit with a pair of conniving diamond prospectors who take advantage of him and also trigger a volcanic reaction. Jane then decides on a night of dancing but changes her mind when she remembers how Bobby, one of her childhood friends, came to visit, only to be found out to be a treacherous spy to the Germans during World War I. Downhearted, Jane goes home without a present, only to find that Tarzan has put together a wonderful surprise for her.
This film is largely a flashback to three episodes of the TV series "The Legend of Tarzan". The episodes in question are “Tarzan and the British Invasion”, “Tarzan and the Volcanic Diamond Mine” and "Tarzan and the Flying Ace”, the last three episodes of the show to be aired (but taking place much earlier in production order).
An adventure game on the DVD is also based on the series.
