Rent Born Free (1966)
3.7 of 5 from 65 ratings
1h 36min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
This wonderous true adventure from the best-selling novel about a woman who raised a lioness and eventually set her free is beautifully phographed on the vast, golden savannas of Africa. 'Born Free' is a story of courage and love, nature and human nature, and a relationship unlike any other ever filmed. When game warden George Adamson (Bill Travers) is forced to kill a menacing lion and lioness, he and his wife Joy (Virginia McKenna) adopt their three cubs. Two are sent off to zoos, but the third is kept - a female they name Elsa - to which they have become particularly attached. When Elsa becomes a full-grown lioness, the Adamsons realise that she must be set free and taught to survive on her own. A year later the Adamsons return to the savanna and are surprised by a very special welcome from their old friend. - Actors:
- Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye, Omar Chambati, Bill Godden, Bryan Epsom, Robert Cheetham, Robert S. Young, Geoffrey Best, Surya Patel, Pati
- Directors:
- James Hill, Tom McGowan
- Producers:
- Sam Jaffe, Paul B. Radin
- Writers:
- Joy Adamson, Lester Cole
- Others:
- John Barry, Don Black
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Children & Family, Children's Books On Screen: Family Classics & YA, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films By Year, Top 10 Films of 1999
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/05/2017
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with Film Historians John Burlingame, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
- Selection of Featurettes Provided by the 'Born Free' Foundation
- Isolated Music and Effects Track
- Trailers
