My Adventure With Sheena Queen of the Jungle

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Making of the Movie <em>Sheena</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To some she was the female Tarzan. To others she was the sexiest pin-up of their teenage years. She was Sheena Queen of the Jungle. The making of the 1984 movie </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sheena</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> was an adventure worthy of a behind-the-scenes book and that's what the film's executive producer Yoram Ben-Ami has written in </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My Adventure with Sheena Queen of the Jungle</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Completed days before actress Tanya Roberts's tragic death </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My Adventure with Sheena Queen of the Jungle</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a tribute not only to its hard-working star but to the scores of technicians who made the first major studio film shot entirely in Africa. Ben-Ami was there for all of it and writes about working with Roberts dealing with a director who wouldn't take no for an answer and a rhinoceros that wouldn't take direction.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sheena</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> was controversial for its portrayal of a white heroine who rises to save African culture. The film could not be made today but it was made and it offers historical perspective of how far we have come and how far we have yet to go. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Israeli-born American producer Yoram Ben-Ami had just scored a hit with</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Lone Wolf McQuade</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> when he embarked with director John Guillermin stars Tanya Roberts and Ted Wass and a menagerie of trained animals to mix with the wild animals of Africa and make what everyone thought was going to be the box office smash of 1984. Ben-Ami's behind-the-scenes tales make for exciting informative funny and sometimes touching reading. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Yoram Ben-Ami has produced more than a dozen films including </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Lone Wolf McQuade Jury Duty The Lion of Africa</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Stone Cold</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. His previous book for BearManor was </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Guiding Royalty: My Adventure with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. He lives in the Los Angeles area.</span></p><p><br></p>