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Born Free (1966)

1h 35m

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Born Free (1966)

Name: Born Free
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama, History, Kids & Family
Released: 1966-03-26

1h 35m

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March 26, 1966
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Plot.

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

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Release Date
March 26, 1966

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 35m

Filming Locations
Kenya

Genres
Adventure Action Drama History Kids & Family

Last updated: 2024-09-01

This Movie Is About.

parent child relationship

lion

animal attack

game warden

lioness

lion cub

rifle

animal rights

warthog

wildlife

based on memoir or autobiography

Wiki.

Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures. The screenplay, written by blacklisted Hollywood writer Lester Cole (under the pseudonym "Gerald L.C. Copley"), was based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 non-fiction book Born Free. The film was directed by James Hill and produced by Sam Jaffe and Paul Radin. Born Free, and its musical score, by John Barry, as well as the title song, with lyrics by Don Black and sung by Matt Monro, won numerous awards.