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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Living Free (1972)
Born Free: A New Adventure (1996)
The Lion King (1994)
The Lion (1962)
Mia and the White Lion (2018)
The Lion Who Thought He Was People (1971)
Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952)
Pride (2004)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.