Born Free

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Overview

Born Free is the heartwarming true story of a British couple who teach their pet lioness how to survive in the wilds of the African jungles. Joy and George Adamson portrayed by real-life married couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers involuntarily domesticate several lions while living in Kenya. They keep one, named Elsa, until she is fully grown, and rather than turn her over to a zoo, they decide to train her to live like a wild animal so that they can release her into her natural habitat. Geoffrey Keen is a ...
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Born Free is the heartwarming true story of a British couple who teach their pet lioness how to survive in the wilds of the African jungles. Joy and George Adamson portrayed by real-life married couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers involuntarily domesticate several lions while living in Kenya. They keep one, named Elsa, until she is fully grown, and rather than turn her over to a zoo, they decide to train her to live like a wild animal so that they can release her into her natural habitat. Geoffrey Keen is a sympathetic government official who convinces the Adamsons that they should set Elsa free to avoid being ordered to place her in captivity. The film, based on Joy Adamson's book, is poignant and emotional without ever becoming banal or overly sentimental. The title song and film score both won Academy Awards.
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The Oscar-winning title song was as popular as this 1960s family classic that was also one of the first salvos of the animal rights movement. The sentimental story is about a British game warden in Kenya (Bill Travers) and his wife (Virginia McKenna) who raise a lion cub named Elsa with the goal of returning her to the wild. Based on the popular true-life story by Joy Adamson, Born Free has the sure-fire winning combination of a cuddly wild creature and gorgeous natural settings. It inspired a less successful sequel, Living Free, a television series, and documentaries.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 1/27/1997
  • UPC: 043396014206
  • Original Release: 1966

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  • Source: Sony Pictures
  • Presentation: Clam Shell
  • Format: VHS

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Virginia McKenna Joy Adamson
Bill Travers George Adamson
Geoffrey Keen Comm. Kendall
Peter Lukoye Nuru
Omar Chambati Makkede
Bill Godden Sam
Robert Cheetham Ken
Robert Young James
Brian Epsom Baker
Technical Credits
James H. Hill Director
George Adamson Consultant/advisor
John Barry Score Composer, Songwriter
Don Black Songwriter
Gerald L.C. Copley Screenwriter
Don Deacon Editor
Carl Foreman Producer
Sam Jaffe Producer
Paul B. Radin Producer
John Stoll Production Designer
Kenneth Talbot Cinematographer
Peter Whitehead Consultant/advisor
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  • Posted December 23, 2010

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    I love this movie

    My Mom just bought this movie for Christmas and we watched it last night together and it was amazing and sad it was also adorable because of how Joy raised Elsa the cub she was so cute I cried during the midddle and end and laughed during part of it but mostly I cried this is a wonderful movie and also a true story I hope to watch this again and read the book I loved it

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 23, 2012

    this is somehow connected to the "christian the lion"

    this is somehow connected to the "christian the lion" docu of 2 aussie friends, i love this movie!

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