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Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya.
Dame Virginia Anne McKenna [1] (born 7 June 1931) is a British stage and screen actress, author, animal rights activist, and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Born Free (1966), and Ring of Bright Water (1969), as well as her work with the Born Free Foundation.
In 1982, she starred in Francis Ford Coppola's romantic musical One from the Heart, her first film made in the United States. [18] Texas Monthly described her as acting "as a Felliniesque circus performer to represent the twinkling evanescence of Eros." [19] The film failed at the box office and was a major loss for Coppola's new Zoetrope Studios.
Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in Grease 2, the sequel to the top-grossing film of 1978. June 22 – The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures for $750 million. July 9 — Sci-fi movie Tron is the first feature film to use computer animation extensively.
The film follows Born Free actor Bill Travers as he journeys to a remote area in Kenya to visit George Adamson, and several of Adamson's lion friends. Born Free (1974), television series based on the film, starring Gary Collins and Diana Muldaur. The Born Free Legacy (2010); Documentary marking the 50th anniversary of Joy Adamson's book Born ...
John Adam Belushi (/ b ə ˈ l uː ʃ i /; January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor and musician. He was one of seven Saturday Night Live cast members of the first season. [1] Along with Chevy Chase, he was arguably the most popular member of the Saturday Night Live ensemble. Belushi had a partnership with Dan Aykroyd.
Linda Purl (born September 2, 1955) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ashley Pfister (Fonzie's girlfriend) on Happy Days (she originally played Gloria as Richie’s date in season 2 episode 6), Sheila Munroe in the 1982 horror film Visiting Hours, Pam Beesly's mother Helene in The Office, and Ben Matlock's daughter Charlene Matlock for the first season of the television ...
As with its famous 1966 movie predecessor, this two-hour production involves Elsa, a tamed lioness who needs to be reeducated to survive in the wilderness, but huge chunks of the story are devoted to Jonathan Brandis (seaQuest) in the role of a sulky American teen whose widowed father is doing viral research in Africa (where the movie was shot ...