Born Free is a bona fide family classic. The tale of how Kenya game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy 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 is John Barry's Oscar-winning title song. And while the movie has its flaws , the animal footage, especially that of the lions in their various stages of development, is extraordinary and timelessly entertaining.

The 1972 sequel doesn't quite measure up to its predecessor but, in an era when most "family entertainment" tends toward the insipid at best, Living Free is still a worthwhile venture. Susan Hampshire and Nigel...

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At age 27 Livingstone sailed from Scotland to South Africa as a Christian missionary. He spent much of the next 33 years travelling in the African interior, eventually becoming as famous for his explorations as for his missionary work. Perhaps his most famous act was reaching and naming Victoria Falls in 1855.

In 1871 journalist Henry Stanley tracked the explorer down in Africa, greeting him with the famous words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Livingstone died two years later, and after a journey of nearly a year his body was returned to England, where it was buried in Westminster Abbey on 18 April 1874.

Review Summary
This is an informative video about the determined man who led a number of difficult expeditions into Africa. Livingstone wanted to spread the Gospel, end the slave trade and try to find the ultimate sources of the Nile. Watch and learn about the many problems Livingstone encountered during his early travels to Zambezi.

At the time this made-for-TV historical drama first aired on ABC, critics praised the fact that it was more accurate than the 1939 Spencer Tracy vehicle Stanley and Livingstone; while this is generally true (unlike the earlier film, this one was lensed on location in England and Kenya), the pop-psychology sensibilities depicted in the TV movie smack more of the late 20th than the late 19th century.



In 1871, young American reporter Henry Morton Stanley (Aidan Quinn) sets out to prove that Scottish-born missionary David Livingstone (Nigel Hawthorne), who years earlier had disappeared somewhere in Central Africa, was still alive, and not "cooked in a stew" as was generally believed.

Director Bob Rafelson fulfilled a lifelong dream when he finally received backing to complete Mountains of the Moon. The film recreates the exploratory adventures of 19th century visionaries Sir Richard Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Henning Speke (Iain Glen). The heart of the film is the effort by Burton and Speke to discover the true source of the Nile river.



This occurs well into the film, after several torturous scenes involving the injuries sustained by the protagonists during other expeditions and their growing friendship (which, the film intimates, goes far beyond friendship). Rafaelson's fascination with this story, and his insistence upon painstaking historical accuracy, unfortunately compromises his ability to make an interesting film.

Based on Ernest Hemingway's classic short story, this powerhouse actioner stars Gregory Peck as a frustrated author/big game hunter who is critically injured during a safari in Africa's Kilimanjaro mountains. As he lay dying in the wilderness, he reflects upon his failures, regrets and lost loves while his long-suffering wife tries to help him maintain his will to live.

With Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegarde Neff, and Leo G. Carroll. 117 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; biographies; filmographies; photo gallery.

Category: Action & Adventure

Director: Henry King

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