born free
Added 8/18/2009
the country views were beauitful,the story was happy, sad, and had ending that potrayed real life even if it does not have ahappy ending for the animals that are released.
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BORN FREE
Added 6/24/2009
I saw this as a child. I liked the movie then and I like it now. I have learned so much of the history of the story and the actors and the real George and Joy Adamson. The continued story including Christian the lion. This story has impacted 6 people deeply. I have been humming the theme song all month. Get this movie and introduce it to another generation of young people. Enjoyable
Debra Envall
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excellent old movie
Added 6/12/2009
I loved this movie when I watched it again many yesrs after loving it as a child. It's heartwarming and worth owning! Kudos to the Adamsons. They are now my heros.
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Postscript
Added 6/2/2009
More tragedy on the plains of Africa...
Astonishingly, Joy Adamson and George Adamson were both murdered, in 1980 and 1989 respectively.
Joy's death was originally thought to be due to a lion mauling, according to the autopsy report. Then it was hinted that she had been murdered with a weapon which inflicted wounds similar to a lion's...traces of metal in the cut flesh. Finally, Paul Nakware Ekai, one of the compound's employees, was charged and convicted of her murder. He initially admitted to stabbing Joy, later stating that she had shot him in the foot, and he, in turn, of shooting her three times. Her temperament was not, by some accounts, remotely similar to Miss McKenna's.
George was shot and killed by Somali bandits while coming to the aid of another safari.
Parenthetically, Dian Fossey (Gorillas in the Mist)was brutally murdered in 1985. Her true assailant, a government official, has recently been charged with her murder, though two others were earlier convicted of the crime, Kangaroo-Court style.
The 1980's were bad years for prominent naturalists.
1966 was a good vintage for great films: Born Free, A Man for all Seasons, The Professionals, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
Nice to experience (not merely see) films where you respect and admire all of the central characters, human or otherwise.
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Great Movie
Added 5/7/2009
I showed this video to a group of high school students and it was "new" for all of them. They were all entranced with it and it is just so nice to view a great movie without worring about language or other inappropriate content.
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