This movie touched me in so many ways. To see the talented Sigourney Weaver play the part of Dian Fossey is a treat. The raw emotion conveyed when "Dian" goes after Vanvecton for having stolen a baby gorilla still gives me shivers. You can see the fury portrayed in Weaver's eyes.

Weaver gives an oscar winning performance in Gorilla's in the mist, which is a tryue story about a primatologist named Dian Fossey. It's a very compassionate film, but can also be a tearjerker as it demonstrates the lack of respect for wild animals that people have, and the heartless murder of magnificant and fascinating animals who are just trying to enjoy their freedom in the wild and protect their babies from our species and other predators.

I highly recommend this movie to anyone who has never seen it. I did find the poaching scenes very disturbing and difficult to watch but that may be because I am a passionate animal lover and activist. They are however vital to bringing an understanding to the poor gorilla's plight. Who would ever want a gorilla hand ashtray anyway....GROSS! It also broke my heart when Sigourney Weaver had to give up the orphaned gorilla she nursed back to health to the zoo broker only to find out she died a year later. If it weren't for Dian Fossey efforts, gorillas might very well be extinct by now. My praise goes out to her, as well as Ms. Weaver for the splendid job she did in portraying her.

I was lucky enough to have met Dian Fossey, at the Kigali Rwanda airport, in 1980 when my brother and I traveled to Rwanda for the smmer. We were in the Virunga Mountains and were mere yards from a giant silverback gorilla.

Sigourney did a masterful job portraying Dian. She really caught the gruff yet compassionate person that Dian was. She was successful in bringing Dian to the screen. That's something that seemed very hard to be able to do.

The only things that I found in error were just the following. She had a saint bernard, a real big saint bernard. Also, I don't think she would've run from a gorilla. Running from a mountain gorilla is the biggest mistake you can make. They run far faster then any person, and are far far stronger. There is no way that anyone could have out run them in that setting. It's pure jungle, you need to move branches out of your way no matter where you go. The only man made trails are almost never frequented by gorillas. Any paths that the gorillas make are much lower to the ground. They also don't stay too long in one spot, and don't return to that spot until the vegetation grows back.

I want to do just what Diane wants to do and it made me cry! This movie will turn anyone who doesn't care about animals to animal lovers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!