Born Free (1966)

Directed by

James Hill

Genre

drama film, adventure film, children's film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

U

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 130 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple in Kenya raises an orphaned lion cub and prepares her for life in the wild. They face the challenge of letting her go as she grows into an adult lion.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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