Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire, I Dreamed of Africa) directs this lavish adaption highlighting the character's dual nature as master of the African jungle and as John Clayton, seventh Earl of Greystoke, heir to one of Scotland's great estates. Christopher Lambert (in the title role), Andie MacDowell (in her movie debut) and Sir Ralph Richardson (in one of his final performances) star in a "ravishing, magical epic:" (Guy Flatley, Cosmopolitan).