Sheena (1984)

Director:

John Guillermin

Writers:

David Newman (story) and
Leslie Stevens (story) ...

Release Date:

17 August 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

She'll fight like a tigress to save the land she loves...

Plot:

Sheena's white parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe...

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Barefoot | Male Nudity | Based On Comic Book | Based On Comic

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Tanya Roberts	...	Sheena
Ted Wass	...	Vic Casey
Donovan Scott	...	Fletcher ("Fletch")
Elizabeth of Toro	...	Shaman
France Zobda	...	Countess Zanda
Trevor Thomas	...	Prince Otwani
Clifton Jones	...	King Jabalani
John Forgeham	...	Colonel Jorgensen
Errol John	...	Boto
Sylvester Williams	...	Juka
Bob Sherman	...	Grizzard
Michael Shannon	...	Phillip Ames
Nancy Paul	...	Betsy Ames
Kathryn Gant	...	Janet Ames (Child Sheena)
Kirsty Lindsay	...	Young Sheena

Also Known As:

Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (International: English title) (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Australia:PG | Iceland:12 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-12 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) (uncut) | UK:PG (original rating) (cut) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Kenya

Company:

Colgems Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.

Goofs:

Continuity: During most of the movie, Sheena is barefoot. When she gets to the Zambuli after escaping from the crashing helicopter, she has sandals. She is wearing those sandals when she pursues Otwani while riding on her zebra. After Otwani makes her fall from the zebra, she is barefoot again - the sandals disappear forever.

Quotes:

Sheena: See! See! Even in chains, we can defeat them! Turn your minds back, oh my people. Remember yourselves- a thousand, a thousand moons ago! Bring your bows! Chief Harumba- Attack!

Movie Connections:

References Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

Tanya Roberts should be enough

OK, so this is purely a vehicle to show off, in my opinion, one of the hottest babes of the 80's - Tanya Roberts. But why must the whole movie be junk. They must have gone to some length to get all of the animals into this film, so that may explain the lack of budget for anything else. Like maybe some bad guys that can shoot straight. Watch it for Tanya and pretend the rest doesn't exist, it's hard, but try. The leading man is horrible. He is not even likable in the least. There was a nice Range Rover in the movie and the befuddle side kick of a camera man was slightly entertaining, but that was it. Why go all the way to Africa to film this schlock. Just put Tanya in some tight leather and let her be "Beastmaster" of Iowa or something.