It gained notoriety when the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs (the creator of Tarzan) attempted an unsuccessful lawsuit against the production.
According to fragmented user comments on archival.org and a deleted Reddit post from r/lostmedia (2020), Tarzan x Shame of Jane was originally produced in in Eastern Europe —likely the Czech Republic or Hungary—where copyright enforcement was lax and English-language adult films could be shot for under $50,000. tarzanxshameofjane1995engl 2021
: Unlike many low-budget adult films of the era, this was shot entirely on location in Kenya , featuring real animals and sweeping jungle landscapes. It gained notoriety when the estate of Edgar