Born Free

Born Free
by James Hill, Tom McGowan

Born Free
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Actor: Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Omar Chambati, Peter Lukoye, Virginia McKenna
Director: James Hill, Tom McGowan
Brand: MCKENNA,VIRGINIA
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures

Movie Reviews of Born Free

Movie Review: Timeless and Memorable Story of Life Cycle!
Summary: 5 Stars

After so many reviews by the distinguished people here, very little is left unspoken, if there is at all any.
First of all, for any movie goer, this is a MUST. This is a sweet movie of a wonderful true story, performed superbly by the actors and even by the animals (whom you won't like to think as animals after the movie finishes).

Apart from technicalities (vivid imagery of Kenya), acting and top class music, what I liked most of the movie is the simple, lyrical way it tells us the eternal story of life cycle. Not only of lions or animals, but human being as well, may be of all living beings.
Passion and care in grooming Elsa and her siblings were no different than grooming one's own children (the couple had no children), while the way Elsa has been trained to acclimatized to the world including swimming only reminds us about growing kids. The ultimate test of parenthood for the couple came to teach and facilitate Elsa to have a partner in the wild, which brought in as much excitement, joy, suspense and concern as parents feel when their daughter gets married. The wonder of the movie is, through this cycle of the lions, we remember the eternal cycle of life of human being as well. Starting with Elsa's cubhood to her motherhood, thereby triggering another set of cubhood - the film charms us with this ageless story of life cycle. A sweet, brilliant and memorable movie.

Summary of Born Free

Based on a true story of a couple who raise a lion cub and then set her free when she reaches adulthood.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 3-APR-2007
Media Type: DVD
Born Free is a bona fide family classic. The tale of how Kenya game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy (on whose book the film is based, with Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers in the principal roles) adopted and raised three orphaned lion cubs, taking a particular shine to the one they call Elsa before helping her return to the wild, is familiar by now; so's John Barry's Oscar-winning title song. And while the movie has its flaws (it contains references to "Bwana George" and such that would be considered frightfully un-PC nowadays), the animal footage, especially that of the lions in their various stages of development, is extraordinary and timelessly entertaining. DVD bonus features are limited to theatrical trailers, but the digitally remastered film can be viewed in both widescreen and full screen. A keeper. --Sam Graham

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