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Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The movie was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures. The screenplay, written by blacklisted Hollywood writer Lester Cole (under the pseudonym "Gerald L.C. Copley"), was based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 non-fiction book Born Free. The film was directed by James Hill and produced by Sam Jaffe and Paul Radin. Born Free, and its musical score by John Barry, won numerous awards.
When George Adamson is forced to kill a lioness out of self-defense, he brings home the 3 orphaned cubs she had been trying to protect. The Adamsons tend to the three orphaned lion cubs to young lionhood, and, when the time comes, the two largest are sent to the Rotterdam Zoo, while Elsa the Lioness (the smallest of the litter) remains with Joy. When Elsa is held responsible for stampeding a herd of elephants through a village, John Kendall, Adamson's boss gives the couple three months to either rehabilitate Elsa to the wild, or send her to a zoo. Joy opposes sending Elsa to a zoo, and spends much time attempting to re-introduce Elsa to the life of a wild lion in a distant reserve. At last, Joy succeeds, and with mixed feelings and a breaking heart, she returns her friend to the wild. The Adamsons then depart for their home in England; a year later, they return to Kenya for a week, hoping to find Elsa. They do, and happily discover she hasn't forgotten them, and is the mother of three cubs.
This is a trailer I produced for interactive TV network Intertainer several years ago. The film stars Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. It won 2 Oscars (Best Score, Best Song). The trailer was written by Robin Thompson (who cleverly used a character's own narration as the trailer's voiceover) and edited by Marcos Soriano. The trailer features Matt Monro's Oscar-winning title song.
Born Free Sing by Matt Monro, Lyrics by Don Black, Music by John Barry Born free, as free as the wind blows As free as the grass grows Born free to follow your heart Live free, and beauty surrounds you The world still astounds you Each time you look at a star *Stay free, where no walls divide you You're free as a roaring tide So there's no need to hide Born free, and life is worth living But only worth living Cause you're born free
Joy Adamson and her husband, Kenya game warden George Adamson, raise Elsa, a lion cub. When Elsa approaches maturity, Joy determines she must re-educate Elsa to living in the wild so that the lioness can return to a free life. Starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. Music by John Barry, Song sung by Matt Monro.
The film 'Born Free' was based on the diary-like novel by Joy and George Adamson of their experiences raising lion cubs in Africa. Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers starred as the Adamson's in the movie and John Barry was hired as the films composer. Despite disagreeing with the films director about the style of music to be composed, Barry took his inspiration from the Walt Disney wildlife films of the 50's and 60's. The resulting composition won John Barry his first two Academy Awards for Best Song and Best Score. This video features the complete original motion picture soundtrack, including the beautiful theme song sung by Matt Monro. Also included are seven tracks from the re-recording of the Born Free soundtrack by Frederic Talgorn & The Royal Scottish National Orchestra* not include...
Music: John Barry, Song by Matt Monro. Cast: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye, Omar Chambati plus others! Joy Adamson and her husband, Kenya game warden George Adamson, raise Elsa, a lion cub. When Elsa approaches maturity, Joy determines she must re-educate Elsa to living in the wild so that the lioness can return to a free life.
After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest http://bit.ly/2alLfka of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede
Born Free (1966). Versión interpretada por Matt Monro. Subtitulada al español.
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Fast on a rough road riding
High through the mountains climbing
Twistin', turnin', further from my home
Young like a new moon rising
Fierce through the rain and lightning
Wandering out into this great unknown
And I don't want no one to cry
But tell 'em if I don't survive
I was born free
I was born free
I was born free
Born free
Free like a river raging
Strong as the wind I'm facing
Chasing dreams and racing Father Time
Deep like the grandest canyon
Wild like an untamed stallion
If you can't see my heart, you must be blind
You can knock me down and watch me bleed
But you can't keep no chains on me
I was born free
I was born free
I was born free
Born free
Calm, facin' danger
Lost, like an unknown stranger
Grateful for my time with no regrets
Close to my destination
Tired, frail and aching
Waiting patiently for the sun to set
And when it's done, believe that I
Will yell it from that mountain high
I was born free
I was born free
I was born free
Born free
And I will bow to the shining sea
And celebrate God's grace on thee
I was born free
I was born free
I was born free