Born Free

Born Free is a UK VHS release by The Video Collection, Cinema Club and Columbia TriStar Home Video on 4th October 1993 and 15th November 1993. It got re-released by VCI, Cinema Club and Columbia TriStar Home Video on 11th March 1996.

Description[]

Perhaps the best loved of all animal films, BORN FREE is based on the real life adventures of the late Joy Adamson, her husband and Elsa the lioness.

Filmed in spectacular African settings, accompanied by an Oscar winning score, BORN FREE is a movie for the entire family. The film sensitively portrays the painful conflict faced by the Adamsons who find they are no longer able to keep the growing Elsa as a pet. Rather than sen her to a zoo, they decide to train her for a return to her natural life.

Cast[]

Virginia McKenna as Joy Adamson
Bill Travers as George Adamson
Geoffrey Keen as John Kendall
Peter Lukoye as Nuru
Surya Patel as the Doctor
Geoffrey Best as Watson, a big game hunter
Bill Godden as Sam

The film also credits lions and lionesses Boy, Girl, Henrietta, Mara, Ugas, and "the Cubs".

Credits[]

Opening (Original 1993 release)[]

Video Collection International Cinema Club promo from 1993
Tracking control screen (1991-1994) (Slow)
Warning screen (1986-1995)
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)
Columbia Pictures logo
Start of Born Free (1966)

Closing (Original 1993 release)[]

End of Born Free (1966)
Closing Credits Film
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

Opening (with no trailer)[]

Tracking control screen (1991-1994) (Slow)
Warning screen (1986-1995)
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)
Columbia Pictures logo
Start of Born Free (1966)

Closing (with no trailer)[]

End of Born Free (1966)
Closing Credits Film
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

Opening (1996 Re-release)[]

VCI: Cinema Club promo from 1996 [announced by Jonathan Kydd]
Tracking control screen (1995-2005)
Warning screen (1995-2005)
VCI logo (1995-2005)
Columbia Pictures logo
Start of Born Free (1966)

Closing (1996 Re-release)[]

End of Born Free (1966)
Closing Credits Film
VCI logo (1995-2005)

Trailers and info[]

Original 1993 release[]

The Video Collection: Cinema Club trailer from 1993 with clips of "The Quiet Man", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Waterloo", "A Hard Day's Night" and "The Carry On Collection".

1996 Re-release[]

The VCI: Cinema Club trailer from 1996 with clips of "Strictly Ballroom", "Richard III", "City Slickers", "The Lawnmower Man", "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp", "The Princess Bride" and "The Carry On Collection".