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Living Free

  • 19721972
  • GG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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Living Free (1972)
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When Elsa's three mischievous cubs begin wreaking havoc on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.When Elsa's three mischievous cubs begin wreaking havoc on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.When Elsa's three mischievous cubs begin wreaking havoc on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Jack Couffer
  • Writers
    • Joy Adamson(book)
    • Millard Kaufman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nigel Davenport
    • Susan Hampshire
    • Geoffrey Keen
  • Director
    • Jack Couffer
  • Writers
    • Joy Adamson(book)
    • Millard Kaufman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nigel Davenport
    • Susan Hampshire
    • Geoffrey Keen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 7User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Nigel Davenport
    Nigel Davenport
    • George Adamson
    Susan Hampshire
    Susan Hampshire
    • Joy Adamson
    Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen
    • Kendall
    Edward Judd
    Edward Judd
    • Game Warden Weaver
    Peter Lukoye
    • Nuru
    Shane De Louvre
    • Makedde
    Robert Beaumont
    • Billy Collins
    Nobby Noble
    • Bank Manager
    Charles Hayes
    • Herbert Baker
    Allaudin Qureshi
    • Bank Clerk
    • (as Aludin Quershi)
    Jean Hayes
    • Mrs. Herbert Baker
    Elsa
    • Self
    Jespah
    • Self
    Gopa
    • Self
    Little Elsa
    • Self
    James Kamau
    • Director
      • Jack Couffer
    • Writers
      • Joy Adamson(book)
      • Millard Kaufman(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna were asked to reprise their roles as George and Joy Adamson but declined.
    • Crazy credits
      Closing credits: This is a true story . . .
    • Connections
      Followed by Born Free (1974)
    • Soundtracks
      Living Free
      By Sol Kaplan and Freddy Douglass

      Sung by Julie Budd

    User reviews7

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    3/10
    Ugh
    LIVING FREE is the low budget sequel to the original African lion classic, BORN FREE. It says a lot that Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna didn't return for this follow-up, which casts Nigel Davenport and Susan Hampshire as the same characters before going on to tell the same story.

    And boy, is this horrendous. All of the charm and originality of the first film is missing here, leaving LIVING FREE feeling like a cheap cash-in more than anything else. The early scenes feature some excruciating re-staging of scenes from the first movie but with the new actors, while the latter half tells a straightforward story in a long and protracted way.

    The problem with this film lies with the actors, who just don't have the genuine love for the animals that the original cast members did. Particularly awful is Susan Hampshire, whose acting is embarrassingly awful: grating, overstated, sanctimonious when delivering her lines. Even worse, Millard Kaufman's screenplay presents Joy Adamson as a selfish, self-centred and quite obnoxious character who cares only for her own enjoyment, and I'm sure this is a disservice to the real-life Adamson.

    The only decent scenes in this are the scenes of the lion cubs playing and interacting with the natural world, but even these moments are spoiled by Hampshire's plummy, say-the-obvious voice-overs. Although I like this 'animal' sub-genre and especially classics like RING OF BRIGHT WATER and BORN FREE, LIVING FREE is definitely worth skipping.
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    • Release date
      • January 5, 1972 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Drei Strolche in der Wildnis
    • Filming locations
      • Twickenham Studios, London, England, UK(studio: completed at)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Open Road Films (II)
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $188,300
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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