Crying watching Born Free

[XanaDUer2]

1966. Highly recommended. You'll probably cry. It was on TCM on demand, but it's been removed. It's on Prime. Living Free is the 1974 sequel. It was enjoyable.

[BigmanPigman]

1. I cried so much my parents had to turn it off.

[XanaDUer2]

4. Oh no!

Watch it now.

[BigmanPigman]

6. I'm certain the same thing would happen now.

Some things don't change. My disposition is prone to this reaction when I see animals being hurt. A few years after Born Free I was even more upset when we watched a nature show where wild packs of female animals were mean to another female who just lost her litter and were attacking her. Just awful!!! No more nature shows for me in this lifetime. Even Dodo videos makes me cry and they usually have happy endings to their animal stories.

[XanaDUer2]

7. I'm the same way

The ending is uplifting, but the Adonsons were both murdered 9 years apart. That makes me sad.

[applegrove]

2. I loved it as a kid. I cried too. Saw it as an adult and of course it was not

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as perfect as I remembered it. Not that I remembered it clearly. I was about 7 when I saw it.

[XanaDUer2]

5. I only discovered it two weeks ago

Wish I'd seen it as a kid. It's my new obsession. Reading the book and want to visit meru in Keyna

[paleotn]

3. That's an oldie.

Yes...I remember it well.

[XanaDUer2]

8. Did you like it?

I love it.

[Effete Snob]

9. Cocaine Bear is a good companion film

Also based on a true story.

[XanaDUer2]

10. Sounds nuts

Hope no bears were harmed

[Effete Snob]

12. The original Cocaine Bear died

The one in the movie… well I don’t want to post spoilers.

[XanaDUer2]

14. Thanks!

[Effete Snob]

20. Some pre-viewing preparation...

Link to tweet

[sl8]

11. The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song.

The Andy Wlliams version did well in the charts. That's the one I remember best.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Free_(Matt_Monro_song)

[Effete Snob]

13. Why do they have an award for "Original Song"

Do they also have one for unoriginal songs?

[sl8]

15. Ha!

The song must have been written specifically for the movie. Apparently, even songs adapted from plays aren't eligible.

[XanaDUer2]

16. Song also makes me cry nt

[Karadeniz]

17. Have you watched the video of Christians reunion with his two dads? If not, make sure you view the

one with Whitney Houston singing I will always love you.

[XanaDUer2]

18. I have

So touching. I haven't seen that version. Thanks

[Karadeniz]

19. I had to look at it again just now...full body goose bumps!!!!

[TexasBushwhacker]

21. I thought of that one too

Although I'm not a fan of Whitney Houston's performance of that particular song.