Born Free (1966)
Directed by James Hill · 95 min · Adventure, Family, Drama, History
40.6 TOPICAL score · #2,631 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.
Born Free (1966, directed by James Hill) has a TOPICAL score of 40.6 - ranked 2,631 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on historical impact. It won 3 awards from 3 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Critics: 88% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.2/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.8/10 (135 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 27 languages.
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- Critics88% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.2/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.8/10 (135 ratings)
- Awards3 wins, 3 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Original Score; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films; Genesis Award
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 27 languages
- Still read12,352 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye