Born Free PG
From The Pages Of The Beloved Best Seller... A Motion Picture To Delight All The World!
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 4, 2003
- Originally Released: 1966
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen & Virginia McKenna | |
| Featured: | Peter Lukoye | |
| Directed by | James Hill | |
| Edited by | Don Deacon | |
| Written by | Gerald L. C. Copley | |
| Composition by | John Barry | |
| Produced by | Sam Jaffe & Paul B. Radin | |
| Director of Photography: | Kenneth Talbot |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1966 -
Best Original Score: John Barry
Academy Awards 1966 -
Best Original Song: Don Black & John Barry
Entertainment Reviews:
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A bona fide tear-jerker classic.
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StaciWilson.com
Rating: B --
A popular family film, also known for its Oscar-winning score and song
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 7/10 --
...a warm, melancholy tearjerker both immediate in its emotion and timeless in its theme.
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The Retro Set
Without minimizing the facts of animal life or overly sentimentalizing them, this film casts an enchantment that is just about irresistible.
New York Times
Rating: B- --
emotionally satisfying for the whole family, as long as you aren't looking for high art or realism
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Old School Reviews
Rating: 3/5 --
The nature photography is excellent, and real-life husband and wife McKenna and Travers are very good, their genuine affection transferring to the screen.
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TV Guide
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Director James Hill tackles the material in a manner that relies more on naturalistic behavior than cheap theatrics (i.e. no scenes of Elsa covering her eyes with her paws after a human does something imbecilic).
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Creative Loafing
Product Description:
In Kenya, British game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy raise a lioness, Elsa, as a pet, only to discover that they must retrain her to live in the wild in order to prevent the Government from placing her in a zoo. Based on Joy's book, BORN FREE is a touching true story the whole family can experience together. Academy Awards: Best Song ("Born Free"), Best Original Music Score.
Keywords:
Adventure
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Tear Jerker
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True Story
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Animals
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Recommended
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Africa
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Theatrical Release
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Wild Animals
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Wildlife
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 129,050
- UPC: 043396077515
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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