Born Free [VHS]

Born Free is a film I had been waiting an eternity to get a release in high definition on blu ray, ( where is Rutger Hauer and The Hitcher - No doubt stuck in some rights issue hell ) anyways I am going off topic there. Finally Born Free is out, i will concentrate on image and sound quality as the film itself is very enjoyable and I do not want to spoil it for anyone.First off, the audio, this is a sixties film, as such do not expect the audio to have the dynamic range of a modern blockbuster, but you can enjoy it for what it is, clarity is good, I had no problems hearing voices, the famous music score sounds good and although the lions roar has nothing on that MGM beast it still is fine enough for this presentation.Image quality is very good, it can probably be improved upon but for me it looked natural, no nasty enhancements added, by that I mean absolutely no Universal studio level degraining, contrast boosting or sharpening applied, just a solid good looking image, just make sure your tv or projector have been set up correctly, buy a blu ray calibration disc. Born Free is a good film and a good blu ray, four stars because I foresee a future, maybe five years from now, where they make a new 4k scan that yields even more fine detail.

Awaiting new disk will update soonStill check disks but my replacement disk on blu ray has no freezes on it so up rated my reviewOk to be fair not a massive difference from the dvd also on this combo which I far prefer to digital version if I want digital I buy it from Google play all my digital free ones the codes I threw in bin I only use Google playWould be a five with commentary and extras sadly on my various players keeps stopping at 1 hr 8 minutes then stops at 1 hour 11 and jump to 1 hr 19 after 1 hr 19 seems to be clearI can rewind to 1 hr 8 and sometimes will play and skip thirty seconds or so but that's not really good eureka made this blu ray dvd combo and not happy with thisDVD haven't checked I brought for the blu ray having dvd working will be nice but not what I wantedUpdate dvd and blu ray very little difference video wise and plays all through no errors but again despite the above I wanted a blu ray working not one faulty so my email to amazon to send me a new copy is still ongoingWiped disc several times and sometimes won't even show in player very disappointingWill contact Amazon ASAPAfter fast forwarding dvd and finding ok put blu ray in player and seems fine on locations where issues wereWon't change review and marks till I've rechecked a few timesJust buyers beware and report faults

This is a present so obviously have not viewed it.

This tenderhearted British drama contains amazing footage of the relationship between a lioness and a couple, Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, playing conservationists Joy and George Adamson, who raised an orphaned lion cub, Elsa, in 1956, and then attempted to release her back into the wilderness of Kenya. The movie was based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 account of this unique social "experiment". Greatly uplifted by the sincerity of the acting, the rugged cinematography and by the beautiful musical score from legendary film music composer, John Barry, Born Free is simply superb.

Gentile story set in former British Kenya & based on fact. Even in the late 1960's when this film was shot, there were still sadly many more wild animals roaming free than is now the case thanks to humanity spreading across the globe like locusts consuming too many resources. The blue ray transfer was disappointing as the colours in the savannah looked bleached & faded.

Excellent transaction; described as "as new" but was in fact new, in its original manufacturer wrapper! Price was very competitive and delivered as expected. I had not seen the film since first released in the 1960s so it was great to see it with fresh eyes. The film has a very up to date message; especially interesting are the extras from the Born Free Foundation. Lovely clean picture and clear sound and the sweeping images are well displayed on a modern wide screen TV. I viewed this on the standard DVD, I guess the blu-ray disc would be even better!!

The best way to spend a miserable rainy day, this is such a beautiful and classic film.

I saw Born Free years ago when it was first shown in the cinema. It's a really wonderful film which brought back memories of when I first saw it.In the last year I have been fascinated with the true story of 'Christian the Lion', I have never come across anything so moving, it really got to me in a serious way. I bought the DVD's showing him and his owners - John Rendall and Anthony Bourke. I've been captivated ever since. I even began watching films of African lions...in the sheer hope that maybe I would come across one of his sibblings! I then saw your advert for 'Born Free' and I had to have it, I bought one for my daughter too.