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      To Walk With Lions

      PG-13 Released Jun 4, 1999 1 hr. 48 min. Drama List
      Reviews 77% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score In this fact-based film, George Adamson (Richard Harris) runs a program on the Kora Reserve in Kenya that helps to ease zoo-bred lions into their natural habitat. He hires Tony (John Michie), an odd-jobber knocking around Africa, as his assistant. Together, along with George's brother, Terence (Ian Bannen), they struggle to keep the program operating in the face of poachers, an unstable Kenyan government and personal hurdles, including George's estrangement from his wife, Joy (Honor Blackman). Read More Read Less

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      isla s This film covers some important themes and has a nice backdrop, being set in Africa of course. However, I felt the plot direction just didn't seem clear enough to me - it was a little slow pace wise and I also didn't feel particularly interested in (let alone keen on) one of the main characters, Tony Fitzjohn. George Adamson and Terence Adamson were more likeable due to their clear love of the animals and the environment in general but I did feel a bit apathetic, which I feel guilty for saying but its true. However, I kept watching as I found there were the ocassional interesting, even amusing at times, lines of dialogue and I was slightly curious to see what sort of an outcome might come to pass in terms of the future of Adamson's game reserve. It looked to me like the sort of somewhat slow TV drama that you find on TV on Sunday evenings - not bad but not especially great either. Some of the music played in the background was distinctly corny too. To me this was distinctly average fare in my mind, no better, no worse. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I thought this was a shit film when i was a kid, but looking back, i've never forgotten it. Its funny and touching, in a boorish and crass way. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review bill t Though it generally feels like a TV movie most of the time, The very unfortunately titled To Walk With Lions still is the best sequel to Born Free you could ask for (and they've done about 3 of them). Richard Harris plays George Adamson in the final years in his life. Years have gone by, and still is infatuated with lions. Fortunately, a young whippersnapper by the name of Tony comes by, and George sees a lot of George in Tony, can he take over? Somewhat cliched a bit, this still has a great, if somewhat curtain-chewing performance by Harris, and has a great story (I checked Adamson's bio, quite accurate to it). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member If you have ever seen Christian the lion on youtube, this is a wonderful movie about the man who took him in and gave him as well as other lions their wild life back. Loved it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Richard Harris is absolutely fabulous!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member I caught this on Encore the other night and I really enjoyed it but you have to be old enough to remember the history around Born Free and lions of Adamson's. Richard Harris was great as George and a nice suprise of Honor Blackman (probably best known for her role as Pussy Galore in the Bond movie Goldfinger) in the role of Joy. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Mar 22, 2002 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Sep 29, 2005 Full Review National Post Rated: 3/4 Oct 30, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In this fact-based film, George Adamson (Richard Harris) runs a program on the Kora Reserve in Kenya that helps to ease zoo-bred lions into their natural habitat. He hires Tony (John Michie), an odd-jobber knocking around Africa, as his assistant. Together, along with George's brother, Terence (Ian Bannen), they struggle to keep the program operating in the face of poachers, an unstable Kenyan government and personal hurdles, including George's estrangement from his wife, Joy (Honor Blackman).
      Director
      Carl Schultz
      Executive Producer
      John Buchanan, Guy Collins, Gordon Freedman, Gary Howsam, Robert S. Lecky
      Screenwriter
      Sharon Buckingham, Keith Ross Leckie
      Distributor
      Spartan Home Entertainment
      Production Co
      Studio Eight, Kingsborough Greenlight Pictures
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 4, 1999, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 24, 2019
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Dolby Digital