When my mother died, her rabbi was on vacation, so we got the pickup rabbi at the funeral, one of those creatures out of a ridiculous story. He mispronounced her English name, got her Hebrew name wrong, and spoke in platitudes about someone none of us recognized. He called upon the people gathered to speak, and while the family sat in shock, her neighbor got up, advanced to the podium, and drily said "That's not the Horty Lipton I knew." And she told some stories about my mother that were not entirely complimentary, and we all relaxed, because she was telling the truth.
Remember BORN FREE? It turns out that te Adamsons (played here by Richard Harris and Honor Blackman) were a lot crankier than portrayed in that movie. Here we witness the final days of George Adamson, as he struggles with poachers and indifference, to keep his wildlife sanctuary going, through the eyes of Tony Fitzjohn, played here by John Michie. There are also a lot of lions.
I don't know how accurate this movie, co-written by Fittzjohn is. People are complex, and memories ar.... well, not imperfect, but too story-like to sum up reality. But I believe that this movie is about the George Adamson that Fitzjohn knew.
Remember BORN FREE? It turns out that te Adamsons (played here by Richard Harris and Honor Blackman) were a lot crankier than portrayed in that movie. Here we witness the final days of George Adamson, as he struggles with poachers and indifference, to keep his wildlife sanctuary going, through the eyes of Tony Fitzjohn, played here by John Michie. There are also a lot of lions.
I don't know how accurate this movie, co-written by Fittzjohn is. People are complex, and memories ar.... well, not imperfect, but too story-like to sum up reality. But I believe that this movie is about the George Adamson that Fitzjohn knew.