Born Free

A British wildlife warden takes in three lion cubs and raises one named Elsa to survive in the wild, successfully releasing her into a pride and allowing her to raise her own cubs. Born Free is a 1966 English-language Adventure Drama film featuring Virginia Mckenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye, Omar Chambati, Bill Godden and Elsa. The movie is inspired from Born Free by Joy Adamson. Shepperton Studios was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Sam Jaffe and Paul Radin. Born Free is written by Joy Adamson and Lester Cole and it is directed by James Hill. Columbia Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Born Free was released on 18th March 1966 and takes a screen time of 95 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Born Free was made on a budget of $2 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $3 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Gerald L.C. Copley. Cinematography was done by Kenneth Talbot and editing by Don Deacon. The music was composed by John Barry. At the 1967 Oscar Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Music, Original Song and Best Music, Original Music Score.