Christian the Lion
Product Description
TRUE life documentary/drama movie about the efforts of BORN FREE star Bill Travers and real-life wildlife expert George Adamson to help a London born lion to have a free life in Africa. The stars of the classic and Academy Award winning movie Born Free, Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna became close friends with conservationist George Adamson during the making of the movie Born Free. Bill Travers returned to Kenya to make this wonderful film. This is a TRUE story, filmed as it happened. A London born Lion bought in a department store is flown to Africa to be introduced to a life in the wild by conservationist George Adamson. This is the no frills DVD version.
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From the NET:
Christian was a lion originally purchased by Australians John Rendall and Anthony "Ace" Bourke from Harrods department store of London in 1969 and ultimately reintroduced to the wild by conservationist George Adamson. One year after George Adamson released Christian to the wild, his former owners decided to go looking for him in Africa to see whether Christian would remember them. Surprisingly, he did and with him were other lions in the pride.
Christian the Lion is going Hollywood!
For those of you who couldn't get enough of the "Christian the lion" video, showing a young lion hugging and kissing his former caretakers in a heartwarming reunion, Reuters reports that the story is now jumping from your monitor screen to the silver screen:
Sony Pictures aims to bring the story of Christian and the two men, John Rendall and Anthony "Ace" Bourke, to the big screen.
The studio is in the process of securing the life-story rights of Rendall and Bourke and their 1972 book, "A Lion Called Christian."
One of the most-viewed YouTube videos of the reunion features Whitney Houston belting out "I Will Always Love You" in the background to footage from a 1971 documentary about the two men visiting Christian a year after they sent him to Africa to be reintroduced into the wild.
The men are unsure whether Christian will recognize them, and the lion approaches them slowly at first. Christian then rushes toward them and affectionately "hugs" them — provoking tears from many who view the video
Christian was a lion originally purchased by Australians John Rendall and Anthony "Ace" Bourke from Harrods department store of London in 1969 and ultimately reintroduced to the wild by conservationist George Adamson. One year after George Adamson released Christian to the wild, his former owners decided to go looking for him in Africa to see whether Christian would remember them. Surprisingly, he did and with him were other lions in the pride.
Christian the Lion is going Hollywood!
For those of you who couldn't get enough of the "Christian the lion" video, showing a young lion hugging and kissing his former caretakers in a heartwarming reunion, Reuters reports that the story is now jumping from your monitor screen to the silver screen:
Sony Pictures aims to bring the story of Christian and the two men, John Rendall and Anthony "Ace" Bourke, to the big screen.
The studio is in the process of securing the life-story rights of Rendall and Bourke and their 1972 book, "A Lion Called Christian."
One of the most-viewed YouTube videos of the reunion features Whitney Houston belting out "I Will Always Love You" in the background to footage from a 1971 documentary about the two men visiting Christian a year after they sent him to Africa to be reintroduced into the wild.
The men are unsure whether Christian will recognize them, and the lion approaches them slowly at first. Christian then rushes toward them and affectionately "hugs" them — provoking tears from many who view the video
