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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. The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures.
The success of the book was due to both the story of Elsa and the dozens of photographs of her. Readers had pictures of many of the events of Elsa's life leading up to her release. Subsequent books were also heavily illustrated. Born Free received largely favorable reviews from critics. Adamson worked closely with publishers to promote the book ...
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 ...
Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family is a 1982 American made-for-television biographical film about the earlier years of the famed entertainment family, starring Marie Osmond as matriarch Olive Osmond, and Joseph Bottoms as patriarch George Osmond. This film was released on VHS tape in 1998 but has never had an official DVD issue.
The Lions Are Free (1967) is the true story of what happened to the lions Boy, Girl, Ugas, Mara, Henrietta and Little Elsa, and other lions which starred in Born Free. George Adamson rehabilitated many of these lions after Born Free was completed. It is a documentary-style film about George Adamson and his lions.
Roadshow Film Distributors / The Film House / S.I.S. Productions / Filmco Tony Williams (director/screenplay); Michael Heath (screenplay); Jacki Kerin as Linda Stevens, John Jarratt , Alex Scott , Gerda Nicolson , Charles McCallum, Bernadette Gibson, Robert Ratti, Vince Deltito, Tommy Dysart , Debra Lawrance , Matt Burns, Kristina Marshall
May 21, 1982: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid: co-production with Aspen Film Society: June 11, 1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: co-production with Amblin Entertainment Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1994 June 25, 1982: The ...
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 ...