Gorillas in the Mist (1988) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A few intimate scenes, no sex. Sigourney Weaver and her lover are seen in a bathtub together, no nudity is shown.

Violence & Gore

  • Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) is studying why the gorillas are dissapearing. She finds out they have been hunted by pochers and skinned for their fur. She visits a place where this was being done and there are many gorillas skinned completely hanging upside down.
  • There are a few protests staged by enviromentalists, police have to use their little clubs to control the crowd. No blood is seen just a few hits.

Profanity

  • Damn and Shit are said mainly, also Asshole and Bitch. One use of the F-word A few uses of Hell.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Small amounts of alcohol are drunken on occasion. A few characters smoke but nothing extreme.
  • Drugs are not even mentioned

Frightening & Intense Scenes

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Violence & Gore

  • A white woman threatens to lynch a black man who poached a gorilla. He is seen standing on a chair with a noose around his neck in front of a crowd of spectators who are visibly upset. When she kicks the chair over, it is revealed that the noose wasn't tied to the tree.
  • Dian Fossey is murdered with machete by an unknown assailant. This happens off-screen.
  • Hunters attack and corner a gorilla. Later we see it's corpse with it's head and hands removed. This is sad and disturbing scene.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A white woman threatens to lynch a black man who poached a gorilla. He is seen standing on a chair with a noose around his neck in front of a crowd of spectators who are visibly upset. When she kicks the chair over, it is revealed that the noose wasn't tied to the tree.

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