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Actors: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye, Omar Chambati Director: James Hill Rating: Features: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Number of Discs: 1 Running Time: 95 minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Release Date: March 4, 2003 Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 1966 Studio: Sony Pictures
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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