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XanaDUer2

(15,242 posts) Sat Apr 1, 2023, 06:25 PM Apr 2023

Crying watching Born Free

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.

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Crying watching Born Free (Original Post) XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 OP

I cried so much my parents had to turn it off. BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #1

Oh no! XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #4

I'm certain the same thing would happen now. BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #6

I'm the same way XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #7

I loved it as a kid. I cried too. Saw it as an adult and of course it was not applegrove Apr 2023 #2

I only discovered it two weeks ago XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #5

That's an oldie. paleotn Apr 2023 #3

Did you like it? XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #8

Cocaine Bear is a good companion film Effete Snob Apr 2023 #9

Sounds nuts XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #10

The original Cocaine Bear died Effete Snob Apr 2023 #12

Thanks! XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #14

Some pre-viewing preparation... Effete Snob Apr 2023 #20

The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song. sl8 Apr 2023 #11

Why do they have an award for "Original Song" Effete Snob Apr 2023 #13

Ha! sl8 Apr 2023 #15

Song also makes me cry nt XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #16

Have you watched the video of Christians reunion with his two dads? If not, make sure you view the Karadeniz Apr 2023 #17

I have XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #18

I had to look at it again just now...full body goose bumps!!!! Karadeniz Apr 2023 #19

I thought of that one too TexasBushwhacker Apr 2023 #21

BigmanPigman

(52,561 posts)

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

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 06:28 PM

Apr 2023

XanaDUer2

(15,242 posts)

4. Oh no!

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 06:29 PM

Apr 2023

Watch it now.

BigmanPigman

(52,561 posts)

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

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 06:41 PM

Apr 2023

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

(15,242 posts)

7. I'm the same way

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 06:43 PM

Apr 2023

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

applegrove

(124,515 posts)

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

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 06:28 PM

Apr 2023

Last edited Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:06 PM - Edit history (1)

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

XanaDUer2

(15,242 posts)

5. I only discovered it two weeks ago

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 06:30 PM

Apr 2023

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

paleotn

(19,889 posts)

3. That's an oldie.

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 06:29 PM

Apr 2023

Yes...I remember it well.

XanaDUer2

(15,242 posts)

8. Did you like it?

Reply to paleotn (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:12 PM

Apr 2023

I love it.

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

9. Cocaine Bear is a good companion film

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:20 PM

Apr 2023

Also based on a true story.

XanaDUer2

(15,242 posts)

10. Sounds nuts

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:20 PM

Apr 2023

Hope no bears were harmed

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

12. The original Cocaine Bear died

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Reply #10)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:24 PM

Apr 2023

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

XanaDUer2

(15,242 posts)

14. Thanks!

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:28 PM

Apr 2023

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

20. Some pre-viewing preparation...

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Reply #14)

Sun Apr 2, 2023, 07:40 AM

Apr 2023

Link to tweet

sl8

(16,284 posts)

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

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:23 PM

Apr 2023

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

(8,387 posts)

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

Reply to sl8 (Reply #11)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:25 PM

Apr 2023

Do they also have one for unoriginal songs?

sl8

(16,284 posts)

15. Ha!

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #13)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:31 PM

Apr 2023

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

XanaDUer2

(15,242 posts)

16. Song also makes me cry nt

Reply to sl8 (Reply #11)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 07:47 PM

Apr 2023

Karadeniz

(23,720 posts)

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

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 09:46 PM

Apr 2023

one with Whitney Houston singing I will always love you.

XanaDUer2

(15,242 posts)

18. I have

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #17)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 09:47 PM

Apr 2023

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

Karadeniz

(23,720 posts)

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

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Reply #18)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 09:56 PM

Apr 2023

TexasBushwhacker

(20,840 posts)

21. I thought of that one too

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #17)

Sun Apr 2, 2023, 02:31 PM

Apr 2023

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

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