Born Free

Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The movie was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures. The screenplay, written by blacklisted Hollywood writer Lester Cole (under the pseudonym "Gerald L.C. Copley"), was based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 non-fiction book Born Free. The film was directed by James Hill and produced by Sam Jaffe and Paul Radin. Born Free, and its musical score by John Barry, won numerous awards.

Plot

When George Adamson is forced to kill a lioness out of self-defense, he brings home the 3 orphaned cubs she had been trying to protect. The Adamsons tend to the three orphaned lion cubs to young lionhood, and, when the time comes, the two largest are sent to the Rotterdam Zoo, while Elsa the Lioness (the smallest of the litter) remains with Joy. When Elsa is held responsible for stampeding a herd of elephants through a village, John Kendall, Adamson's boss gives the couple three months to either rehabilitate Elsa to the wild, or send her to a zoo. Joy opposes sending Elsa to a zoo, and spends much time attempting to re-introduce Elsa to the life of a wild lion in a distant reserve. At last, Joy succeeds, and with mixed feelings and a breaking heart, she returns her friend to the wild. The Adamsons then depart for their home in England; a year later, they return to Kenya for a week, hoping to find Elsa. They do, and happily discover she hasn't forgotten them, and is the mother of three cubs.

Born Free (Kid Rock album)

Born Free is American artist Kid Rock’s eighth studio album. It released on November 16, 2010 with the title track being its lead single. The album is a rock and roll collaboration produced by Rick Rubin featuring several high profile artists such as, T.I., Sheryl Crow, and Bob Seger. This is Kid Rock's first album not to feature a Parental Advisory sticker. It is also described as a country music album. Kid Rock described it as "very organic blues-based rock and roll". Cable network TBS used the title track, "Born Free", for its coverage of the 2010 Major League Baseball postseason. It was announced on June 16, 2011 that Born Free was certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipments in excess of one million copies. This gives Kid Rock his sixth Platinum album certification in the US. A Michigan only promotion was released with the album. It was a 4 song EP called "Racing Father Time".

Release and Promotion

The album's lead single was the title track. The songs promotional push included being the theme for the MLB Playoffs,European Music Awards and the CMA Festival. He also performed "Times Like These" at the American Music Awards and "Care" at the Rally for Sanity. This led to a debut of 189,000 copies sold and landing at number five on the billboard top 200. VH-1 aired the Isle of Malta concert special. The following single "God Bless Saturday" became the secondary theme song for ESPN's College Game Day. The third single "Collide" saw him reunite with Sheryl Crow and go on a joint tour together. "Purple Sky" failed to chart and the final single was "Care" with rapper TI and depending on the version Martina McBride,Mary J Blidge or Angelenna Pressly of the Pistol Annies. The song lead to a 12 city charity tour,all the money from the tour went to 12 cities personally choice for donation.

Born Free (Milt Jackson album)

Born Free is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1966 and released on the Limelight label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars stating "This obscure mid-'60s record by Milt Jackson has few surprises, though many jazz fans would be suspicious that the theme from the movie Born Free would turn into a viable jazz vehicle. Jackson's funky treatment of this normally laid-back piece works very well".

Track listing

  • "Born Free" (John Barry, Don Black) - 4:05
  • "Bring It Home (To Me)" (Jimmy Heath) - 3:19
  • "Tears of Joy" (Luchi DeJesus, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:31
  • "Whalepool" - 2:25
  • "Some Kinda Waltz" - 3:07
  • "A Time and a Place" (Heath) - 2:37
  • "We Dwell in Our Hearts" (Jack Wohl, Jim Haines, Mitch Leigh) - 3:00
  • "So What" (Miles Davis) - 5:17
  • "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Webster) - 3:59
  • "One Step Down" (Cedar Walton) - 2:48
    • Recorded in New York City on December 15, 1966
  • Recorded in New York City on December 15, 1966
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    Born Free

    by: Kid Rock

    Fast on a rough road riding
    High through the mountains climbing
    Twistin', turnin', further from my home
    Young like a new moon rising
    Fierce through the rain and lightning
    Wandering out into this great unknown
    And I don't want no one to cry
    But tell 'em if I don't survive
    I was born free
    I was born free
    I was born free
    Born free
    Free like a river raging
    Strong as the wind I'm facing
    Chasing dreams and racing Father Time
    Deep like the grandest canyon
    Wild like an untamed stallion
    If you can't see my heart, you must be blind
    You can knock me down and watch me bleed
    But you can't keep no chains on me
    I was born free
    I was born free
    I was born free
    Born free
    Calm, facin' danger
    Lost, like an unknown stranger
    Grateful for my time with no regrets
    Close to my destination
    Tired, frail and aching
    Waiting patiently for the sun to set
    And when it's done, believe that I
    Will yell it from that mountain high
    I was born free
    I was born free
    I was born free
    Born free
    And I will bow to the shining sea
    And celebrate God's grace on thee
    I was born free
    I was born free
    I was born free




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