Plot Summary

Before he became king of the jungle in Tarzan (1999), Tarzan was a clumsy kid trying to be part of his adoptive mother Kala's community of apes. While trying to prove himself, an accident puts his family in harm's way, and convinced that he will never fit in, Tarzan decides that everyone would be better off without him and runs away. But, as young Tarzan embarks on a dangerous quest of self-discovery, he finds himself stranded in a rocky place known as the Dark Mountain. There, an unexpected ally is willing to help the wide-eyed boy and show him the way around the green forest. Will Tarzan find his true calling in life?—Nick Riganas