BORN FREE The Complete Collection DVD Set
My Thoughts:
This is a great set titled BORN FREE The Complete Collection.
I received the set free for review purposes from Mill Creek Entertainment and all opinions expressed here are my own.
As Elsa grows she becomes a part of the family and quite tame. A cute part is when George is in the bathroom and Elsa brings him a towel to dry off. Another part I thought was neat was when George and Joy go swimming in the ocean and introduce Elsa to the water. They all go swimming together and have lots of fun playing with a ball.
When Elsa causes a herd of elephants to stampede through a village, George and Joy are given 3 months to introduce the lioness to the jungle by George's boss or she is going to be sent to a zoo. They make the decision to try to get her to adapt to living in the wild and continue to take her out every day to get used to living on her own as she should.
After many attempts, Elsa adjusts to being with other lions and going off to living in the wild. It is a sad and heartbreaking time for Joy and George to leave their beloved Elsa., but they believe that they will see Elsa again.
At the end of the film, George and Joy are coming off a plane to see if they can find their Elsa after being away for quite some time. They look where she had been located when they left and call her with no luck. Then George fires a gun in the air. After a while their precious Elsa comes walking to them with three cubs of her own. High on a mountain stands her lion mate. She still knows them and they hug her but know that she has a new life and is doing fine, living in the wild instead of a cage in the zoo and free as she should be.
I enjoyed this and how emotional and beautiful this film was. It would be a great movie for the family to view and is nice not to have any bad language and the like. This film is based on a book which was written in 1960.
I'm looking forward to watching the rest of this set which includes:
LIVING FREE (1972)
BORN FREE: THE SERIES (1974)
BORN FREE - A NEW ADVENTURE (1996)
You can purchase the BORN FREE COLLECTION at Mill Creek Entertainment for $19.98. It would be a great gift for the upcoming holidays or one for yourself!
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SYNOPSIS
A franchise collection based on the classic film BORN FREE including the 1966 original, 1972 sequel, 1974 TV series, and the 1996 TV movie.
In 1960, a book written about raising an orphaned lion cub named Elsa and then releasing her back into the wild became a worldwide bestseller. Born Free was a game changer that essentially altered the way we perceive relationships between humans and animals. Because of the emotional bond George and Joy Adamson formed with Elsa, lions could no longer be dismissed simply as brutal killers to be shot while on safari. Elsa became an individual in the eyes of the world, and her story made her a symbol for all animals’ right to live free. Hollywood took the story to the next level with the 1966 release of the film based on the book. Starring real-life husband and wife Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna as George and Joy Adamson, it became a box office hit and award-winner and turned Travers & McKenna into wildlife activists in the process.
This deluxe collection includes the following films and TV series:
BORN FREE (1966)
LIVING FREE (1972)
BORN FREE: THE SERIES (1974)
BORN FREE – A NEW ADVENTURE (1996)
My Thoughts:
This is a great set titled BORN FREE The Complete Collection.
I received the set free for review purposes from Mill Creek Entertainment and all opinions expressed here are my own.
The set has 4 discs and includes BORN FREE from 1966, LIVING FREE from 1972, BORN FREE THE SERIES from 1974 and BORN FREE A New Adventure from 1996.
I remember hearing about the original movie BORN FREE from 1966 and how emotional the film was. I've seen bits of it on reruns on television and always loved the music that goes along with the film. The title song actually won an award at the Academy Awards. Along the the title song, it also won an academy award for original music score.
If you have never seen this movie it is a great one to see. It is based on a true story which revolves around a British couple (George and Joy) who are wildlife conservationists. While in Kenya they adopt some orphaned lion cubs. They keep the smallest one (a female) which they name "Elsa" and raise her like a pet.
As Elsa grows she becomes a part of the family and quite tame. A cute part is when George is in the bathroom and Elsa brings him a towel to dry off. Another part I thought was neat was when George and Joy go swimming in the ocean and introduce Elsa to the water. They all go swimming together and have lots of fun playing with a ball.
When Elsa causes a herd of elephants to stampede through a village, George and Joy are given 3 months to introduce the lioness to the jungle by George's boss or she is going to be sent to a zoo. They make the decision to try to get her to adapt to living in the wild and continue to take her out every day to get used to living on her own as she should.
After many attempts, Elsa adjusts to being with other lions and going off to living in the wild. It is a sad and heartbreaking time for Joy and George to leave their beloved Elsa., but they believe that they will see Elsa again.
At the end of the film, George and Joy are coming off a plane to see if they can find their Elsa after being away for quite some time. They look where she had been located when they left and call her with no luck. Then George fires a gun in the air. After a while their precious Elsa comes walking to them with three cubs of her own. High on a mountain stands her lion mate. She still knows them and they hug her but know that she has a new life and is doing fine, living in the wild instead of a cage in the zoo and free as she should be.
I enjoyed this and how emotional and beautiful this film was. It would be a great movie for the family to view and is nice not to have any bad language and the like. This film is based on a book which was written in 1960.
I'm looking forward to watching the rest of this set which includes:
LIVING FREE (1972)
BORN FREE: THE SERIES (1974)
BORN FREE - A NEW ADVENTURE (1996)
You can purchase the BORN FREE COLLECTION at Mill Creek Entertainment for $19.98. It would be a great gift for the upcoming holidays or one for yourself!
That's great to have a movie the whole family can watch and enjoy together! It sounds like a neat story.
ReplyDeleteIt is a wonderful film that the whole family can get together to watch. Very heartwarming and emotional story.
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