To Walk with Lions (1999) ( Un homme parmi les lions )

To Walk with Lions (1999) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Un homme parmi les lions
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
Kenya ( Africa, Middle East )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Carl Schultz

Written By:
Sharon Buckingham
Keith Ross Leckie

Actors:
Richard Harris ..... George Adamson
John Michie ..... Tony Fitzjohn
Kerry Fox ..... Lucy Jackson
Ian Bannen ..... Terence Adamson
Hugh Quarshie ..... Maxwell
Honor Blackman ..... Joy Adamson
Geraldine Chaplin ..... Victoria Anrecelli
Guy Williams ..... John Bell
David Mulwa ..... Hamsi (as David Kakuta Mulwa)
Grace Levi ..... Jenna
Fred Opondo ..... David M'Boya (as Frederic Opondo)
Tonny Ernest Njuguna ..... Vussif (as Tonny Njuguna)
Douglas O. Ayayo ..... James Ngetha
Raymond Ofula ..... Chief Haji Abu Jibril
Edward Kwach ..... Doctor

Synopsis:

More than 30 years after the Oscar-winning film ´Born Free´ moved millions, ´To Walk With Lions´ is set to make a similar impact. Starring Richard Harris as Kenyan game warden George Adamson, ´To Walk With Lions´ is the dramatic, compelling true story of Adamson´s continued battle to save the Kenyan wildlife. He takes on Tony Fitzjohn, a down and out drifter from London to help at his reserve in Kora. When poachers begin to trespass into Kora, hunting for rhino horn and ivory, George and Tony are forced into deadly fights as they try to put a stop to the illegal trading. Tony tries to persuade George to set up a new reserve in Tanzania as life at the reserve becomes more dangerous, and they are threatened by renegade soldiers.

The story of George Adamson, whose work helped inspire the book and subsequent film Born Free, is continued in the fact-based drama To Walk With Lions. In Kenya in the late 1980's, Tony Fitzjohn (John Michie) is a young man from London who has a job as a driver with a safari guide company. However, Tony's commitment is less to exploring the wilds than in picking up women (especially wealthy tourists), so when he's fired, Tony just wants to get another job fast to get airfare home. The first position he finds is assisting George Adamson (Richard Harris), who with his bother Terence (Ian Bannen) helps "rehabilitate" lions from zoos and returns them to the wild. George is more devoted to his animals than to most people, but a bond of respect and understanding develops between George and Tony, and Tony develops a similar rapport with the lions. Tony also develops a different sort of attachment to Lucy (Kerry Fox), a British anthropologist studying indigenous tribes in Kenya. However, the tone shifts when George's ex-wife, Joy (Honor Blackman) arrives for a visit. George and Joy did not separate on cordial terms, and their meeting is brief and contentious (while Joy made a tidy sum from the book Born Free, George never received any of the money for his continuing work with the lions). Shortly after her departure, Joy is killed by one of her servants. While To Walk With Lions is in several respects critical of the wildlife policies of the Kenyan government, the film was financed in part by Kenyans and was filmed in Kenya with the support and cooperation of state authorities.

George Adamson fights to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, Adamson battles to keep the animals on his game reserve "Kora" from dangerous poachers.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 March, 2014.