Тарзун: Позор джунглей (Tarzoon: Pozor dzhungley)

1975 film by Picha, Boris Szulzinger

Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle is a 1975 French/Belgian adult animated comedy film directed by cartoonist Picha and Boris Szulzinger. It is a parody of the 1932 film Tarzan the Ape Man. The film was the first foreign animated film to receive an X rating in the United States. An English dub was released in 1979 where the English cast consists of Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. (the son of noted Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller), with comedians John Belushi, Bill Murray, Christopher Guest, and Brian Doyle Murray. This film is also known as Jungle Burger in the United Kingdom.

The film takes place in the deepest part of Africa. The evil, bald, and multi breasted Queen Bazonga, who resides in a blimp, inside a cave shaped like a woman’s legs spread open revealing her vagina, plans to conquer Earth. Before she can do that, however, she wishes to have a full set of hair so people can take her seriously. Her two headed assistant, called the Charles of the Pits, suggests a "scalp transplant", an experiment where someone else's hair is transplanted to another person's head. Bazonga demands that she wants the hair of June, the maid of Shame: Ruler of the jungle. Bazonga sends out her penis soldiers to kidnap June. Meanwhile, that night, June kicks out Shame from their home after another night of unsuccessful sex. She ends up sleeping with Flicka, Shame's monkey pal. The next morning, Bazonga's soldiers barge in and kidnap June, but only after they have an orgy with her. Shame hears June's screams and comes to her rescue, but he is too late. Shame eventually decides to save his mate and immediately sets out on his quest with Flicka. As he swings through the jungle, an airplane crashes in a giant mud pit, containing a crew of four explorers set out to find Shame. The crew include the eccentric Professor Cedric Addlepate, the ditzy Stephanie Starlet, the grumbling Brutish (who only wants to find Shame for fame), and his assistant Short, a nervous black man. As the crew wander through the jungle, they eventually find Shame. Before they can get acquainted, Brutish and Short step in to take Shame back to the plane, leaving the Professor to be eaten alive by savage monkeys known as "Molarman" while Stephanie is tied up to a tree. The Molar Men catch up with Brutish and Short and eat them both. They free Shame from the cage, but only to try to eat him. Shame is saved by a beer guzzling fratboy named Craig Baker who flies on a carpet run by a flock of birds. After a lengthy conversation with Shame, Craig gets drunk and falls off the carpet. Shame also falls off, but is saved by Flicka. Shame and Flicka eventually make it to Bazonga's lair. Flicka is told to stay behind while Shame goes to get June. He has caught Bazonga's soldiers while they were on a practice drill. Shame is taken to Bazonga, who tries to convince Shame to join her side and rule the world with her. Shame says he only wants June, which enrages Bazonga. Shame runs off to find June, who is about to receive the scalp transplant from the bickering Charles of the Pits. Bazonga's soldiers try to stop Shame, which results in the blimp moving and main generator exploding, which sets the place on fire. Bazonga cannot escape from the fire in her office. Shame sees this and saves her by igniting the Emergency Fire Alarm, which sends out more of Bazonga's soldiers to cover themselves in condoms and dive inside Bazonga's vagina until she explodes. One of the heads on the Charles of the Pits kills the other while in a heated conversation. Shocked by this, the other head sets June free. They try to escape, but the Charles of the Pits is killed by acid semen shooting all over the place. Shame eventually finds June, who keeps bickering to Shame while they find a way to escape the blimp, as it drills its way out of the cave and flies all around the jungle. The two find an emergency two seated parachute, and spring out of the blimp, which finally crashes onto Bazonga's cave, destroying it forever. As June kisses Shame for his bravery, they both spot Stephanie Starlet, who becomes the leader of the Molar Men, and plans to conquer Hollywood.

CharacterFrenchEnglishShameGeorges AminelJohnny Weissmuller, Jr. JuneArlette ThomasEmily PragerQueen BazongaPaule EmanuelePat BrightChief M'BuluClaude BertrandChristopher GuestCharles of the Pits #1Pierre TrabaudBrian Doyle MurrayCharles of the Pits #2Roger CarelAndrew DuncanShortChristopher GuestProfessor Cedric AddlepateGuy PiérauldGuy SorelNurseLita RecioChristopher GuestBrutishMarc de GeorgiAdolph CaesarReporterPhilippe DumatBill MurrayStella StarletLaurence BadieJudy GraubartNarratorBernard DhéranBob Perry

The film contains the zeuhl song "Tarzoon's March", which was written and performed by Teddy Lasry of the band Magma, featuring lyrics sung in Kobaïan. A 15 minute pilot was shown at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, and the film was finished by September 1975. The following year, the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs sued the producer of Tarzoon and 20th Century Fox, the film's distributor in France, for alleged plagiarism. The estate lost the case after the French court determined the film was a legitimate parody. Playboy praised the film's artwork, but felt that the film became "monotonous after a good start – still, in the off the wall category, the most literate prurient and amusing challenge to community standards since Fritz the Cat."