Deliberate mistake: When the lion appears during the beach scene, the timing doesn't add up. In the first takes it makes its way halfway out to the sand, while Jane is bathing in the ocean. After Jane is done and redresses herself, the lion suddenly emerges from the place it first appeared.
Tarzan The Ape Man (1981)
1 deliberate mistake
Directed by: John Derek
Starring: Richard Harris, John Phillip Law, Bo Derek, Miles O'Keeffe
Factual error: The elephants in the movie are Indian elephants, not African ones.
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