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->''"I am Joy Adamson, and for many years, my home has been in the northern region of Kenya, where my husband, George, was Senior Game Warden."''
-->-- '''Joy's opening narration'''
->''"I am Joy Adamson, and for many years, my home has been in the northern region of Kenya, where my husband, George, was Senior Game Warden."''
-->-- '''Joy's opening narration'''
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->''"I am Joy Adamson, and for many years, my home has been in
[[caption-width-right:990:''[[TitleThemeTune Born free.. as free as the
-> '''George''': I don't know what goes on in that head of
-> '''Joy''': Nothing. Except that she won't be free.
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* OutOfFocus: Even when all three lion cubs are around, Elsa gets far more attention in the narrative than her sisters. Most notably, the two older cubs' names are mentioned only once; after that, the narrative only talks about "the cubs" as a unit, except when talking about Elsa.
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* OutOfFocus: Even when all three lion cubs are around, Elsa gets far more attention in the narrative than her sisters. Most notably, the two older cubs' names are mentioned only once; after that, Elsa is the narrative only talks about "the cubs" as a unit, except when talking about Elsa.one ever singled out from the group or mentioned by name.
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* CharacterNarrator: In addition to being the main character, Joy also narrates the story in voiceover, presumably as a nod to the real Joy Adamson having recorded the story as a memoir.
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* EurekaMoment: When George sees Elsa sucking on Joy's thumb, he realizes that the problem may be not with the formula, but that the cubs aren't understanding what the bottles are (Joy's thumb is more similar to the source they're used to feeding from than the cold rubber nipples), and comes up with the idea of dripping some of the formula on Joy's hand for them to lick off. Once they realize what's ''in'' the bottles, they eagerly take to them.
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* EurekaMoment: When George sees Elsa sucking on Joy's thumb, he realizes that maybe the problem may be not with the formula, but that reason the cubs aren't understanding what taking the bottles are is not because they're put off by the formula, but because they don't understand the ''bottle'' (Joy's thumb is more similar to the source they're used to feeding from than the cold rubber nipples), and comes up with the idea of dripping some of the formula on Joy's hand for them to lick off. Once they realize what's ''in'' the bottles, they eagerly take to them.
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* EurekaMoment: When George sees Elsa sucking on Joy's thumb, he realizes that the problem may be not with the formula, but that the cubs don't understand that the bottle is meant to feed them, and comes up with the idea of dripping some of the formula on Joy's hand for them to lick off. Once they realize what the formula actually is, they eagerly take to the bottles.
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* EurekaMoment: When George sees Elsa sucking on Joy's thumb, he realizes that the problem may be not with the formula, but that the cubs don't understand that aren't understanding what the bottle bottles are (Joy's thumb is meant more similar to feed them, the source they're used to feeding from than the cold rubber nipples), and comes up with the idea of dripping some of the formula on Joy's hand for them to lick off. Once they realize what what's ''in'' the formula actually is, bottles, they eagerly take to the bottles.them.
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** The film also skims over a period of several months after the elder two cubs are sent to the zoo by way of a PhotoMontage; it's unclear exactly how much time passes, but it's enough for Elsa to grow up significantly, as she goes from being small enough that a strong man can lift her to being clearly very close to fully grown when the story resumes. There's another, shorter skip after the trip to Kiunga, with Joy mentioning that the next sequence of events takes place "a little while later".
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** The film also skims over a period of several months after the elder two cubs are sent to the zoo by way of a PhotoMontage; it's unclear exactly how much time passes, but it's enough for Elsa to grow up significantly, as she goes from being small enough that a strong man can lift carry her to being clearly very close to fully grown when the story resumes. There's another, shorter skip after the trip to Kiunga, with Joy mentioning as Joy's narration indicates that the next sequence of events takes place "a little while later".
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** The film also skims over a period of several months after the elder two cubs are sent to the zoo, covering the transition with a PhotoMontage; it's unclear exactly how much time passes, but it's enough for Elsa to grow up significantly, as she goes from being small enough that a strong man can lift her to being clearly very close to fully grown when the story resumes. There's another, shorter skip after the trip to Kiunga, with Joy mentioning that the next sequence of events takes place "a little while later".
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** The film also skims over a period of several months after the elder two cubs are sent to the zoo, covering the transition with zoo by way of a PhotoMontage; it's unclear exactly how much time passes, but it's enough for Elsa to grow up significantly, as she goes from being small enough that a strong man can lift her to being clearly very close to fully grown when the story resumes. There's another, shorter skip after the trip to Kiunga, with Joy mentioning that the next sequence of events takes place "a little while later".
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** The film also skims over a period of several months after the elder two cubs are sent to the zoo; it's unclear exactly how much time passes, but it's enough for Elsa to grow up significantly, as she goes from being small enough that a strong man can lift her to being clearly very close to fully grown when the story resumes. There's another, shorter skip after the trip to Kiunga, with Joy mentioning that the next sequence of events takes place "a little while later".
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** The film also skims over a period of several months after the elder two cubs are sent to the zoo; zoo, covering the transition with a PhotoMontage; it's unclear exactly how much time passes, but it's enough for Elsa to grow up significantly, as she goes from being small enough that a strong man can lift her to being clearly very close to fully grown when the story resumes. There's another, shorter skip after the trip to Kiunga, with Joy mentioning that the next sequence of events takes place "a little while later".
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* GoryDiscretionShot: In the opening scene, the camera cuts away a split-second before the man-eating lion makes contact with the local woman; it's not totally BloodlessCarnage, as the subsequent shot shows [[BloodIsSquickerInWater a plume of blood]] in the river as her laundry floats away (in order to make it clear what's happened), but the viewer is spared from seeing anything particularly grisly.[[note]]This may be partly for pragmatic reasons as well, as it would have been near impossible to actually convincingly depict a lion attack with the extremely limited special effects of the time.[[/note]]
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* GoryDiscretionShot: In the opening scene, the camera shows the moments leading up to the man-eating lion's attack, but cuts away a split-second before the man-eating lion it actually makes contact with the local woman; it's victim. It's not totally BloodlessCarnage, as the subsequent shot shows [[BloodIsSquickerInWater a plume of blood]] in the river as her laundry floats away (in order to make it clear what's happened), but the viewer is spared from seeing anything particularly grisly.[[note]]This may be partly for pragmatic reasons as well, as it would have been near impossible to actually convincingly depict a lion attack with the extremely limited special effects of the time.[[/note]]
