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Born Free
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Product Details
- Starring: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye, Omar Chambati
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- Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Director: James Hill, Tom McGowan
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- EAN: 9786304293324
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- Format: Color, NTSC
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- ISBN: 6304293321
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- Label: Sony Pictures
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- Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Sony Pictures
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- Release Date: 1997-01-27
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- Studio: Sony Pictures
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1966-06-22
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- Title: Born Free
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- UPC: 043396014206
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Product Description: Born Free is a bona fide family classic. The tale of how Kenya game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy (on whose book the film is based, with Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers in the principal roles) adopted and raised three orphaned lion cubs, taking a particular shine to the one they call Elsa before helping her return to the wild, is familiar by now; so's John Barry's Oscar-winning title song. And while the movie has its flaws (it contains references to "Bwana George" and such that would be considered frightfully un-PC nowadays), the animal footage, especially that of the lions in their various stages of development, is extraordinary and timelessly entertaining. DVD bonus features are limited to theatrical trailers, but the digitally remastered film can be viewed in both widescreen and full screen. A keeper. --Sam Graham
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Customer Reviews
Fantastic for animal lovers
A real story and it is touching. As an animal lover myself, I love this movie.
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Born Free
A friend of mine recommended me to watch this movie. Wonderful!!! I just love this movie. It was very moving. I highly recommend it.
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This was a movie that I had seen with my mother years ago, and that I had never seen and always wanted to..it was absolutely awesome, and affected both my wife and myself profoundly. This is a timeless movie that will always have the power to move people in ways that will reach far into the soul. I ended up doing quite a bit of research into animal rights organizations, and also ordered the movie Christian 'the lion at Worlds End' another movie involving Virgina McKenna and Bill Travers, although more peripherally than Born Free, and more about the two men that 'adopted' Christian after buying him in Harrods and then wanted to return him to the wild and enlisted the Travers couples' help. Also an incredible true story and we were very glad that the money spent on both movies goes towards helping these wonderful animals.
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Born Free.
Born Free This movie was great when it was in the theatres and it is great on DVD. A good print well preserved and the sound intact. In widescreen it is great so you can experience the vastness of the landscape.
The story is great. It is a pleasure to watch over and over. They should make more movies like this one.
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Excellent remastering of 2003 DVD release
This review pertains to the March 2003 DVD release of "Born Free". The picture and sound are fantastic! This issue presents a remastering of this relatively old film--and it looks brand new! The picture is sharp and the colors are rich and accurate. The format is anamorphic widescreen, so it looks great on a large screen TV. I viewed this movie on a 46-inch Samsung high defintion LCD TV, played on a Toshiba 1080p HD DVD player--and it looks stunning!
Of course, the movie itself is worthwhile--and this remastered version makes it even more worthwhile to own and watch again and again. Highly recommended!
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