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Born Free

1966, Movie, NR, 95 mins

Born Free: Review

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A heartwarming true story with an African locale, BORN FREE has a pseudo-documentary style. It tells the story of Joy Adamson (Virginia McKenna) and her husband, George (Bill Travers), a game warden in Kenya, who adopt a slain lioness' cubs. One of the cubs, Elsa, is raised to adulthood and becomes a primary fixture in the couple's life. But soon they are faced with their inability to keep an enormous, potentially dangerous (if domesticated) lioness as a house pet. Rather than follow orders that Elsa be sent to a zoo, they set about teaching her techniques of hunting and surviving in the wilderness. A great success when released, the film won Academy Awards for score and the title song. The nature photography is excellent, and real-life husband and wife McKenna and Travers are very good, their genuine affection transferring to the screen. The real Joy Adamson was later reported, ironically, to have been killed by a lion; investigation proved her death to be murder at the hands of a disgruntled ex-employee, however. In 1972 the story was continued in LIVING FREE--also an enjoyable film, but not as captivating as this one. leave a comment
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