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Overview

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Director:
James Hill
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Writers (WGA):
Joy Adamson (book)
Lester Cole (screenplay) (originally as Gerald L.C. Copley)
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Release Date:
22 June 1966 (USA) more
Genre:
Family | Drama | Adventure more
Tagline:
From The Pages Of The Beloved Best Seller... A Motion Picture To Delight All The World!
Plot:
Joy Adamson and her husband, Kenya game warden George Adamson, raise Elsa, a lion cub. When Elsa approaches maturity... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations more
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US TV Schedule:
Sat. Nov. 146:00 AMTCM   

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for some wild animal action and brief language.
Runtime:
95 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Kenya more
Company:
Atlas more

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Trivia:
Both the lions "Boy" and "Girl" were freed upon completion of filming. more
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Referenced in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) more
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Born Free, 13 April 2000
Author: Janos Smal (jsmal@osi.hu) from Budapest, Hungary

Joy Adamson and her husband, Kenya game warden George Adamson, bring up a lion cub Elsa, but later they have to teach her about the wild and free life she was born to.

Warm, good-looking but rather casually assembled screen version of a highly popular bestseller, with irresistible animal shots that made it enormously successful at the box-office - and over the years a family film "par excellence". It started a cycle then and was followed by the less successful "Living Free".

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