Lion of London
The calls and the homework will have to wait since I have to be at a screening of The Women at 7:30, but the rights to make a fact-based, Born Free-like film about a lion named Christian who was born and raised in London for a year (from 1969 to '70) and was then introduced to the wilds of Africa was recently bid upon by three studios -- and Columbia triumphed, I'm told, with Neil Moritz (Vantage Point, The Green Hornet) slated to produce.
Read the Wikipedia page about Christian, and then watch the video above (and try to ignore the godawful music track). The affection is obviously real. How can this not work? Even I would see it and probably like it. If it isn't overly sweetened and sentimentalized, that is.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 2, 2008 at 5:58 PM
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BurmaShave
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That's the sweetest thing I've ever seen.
Posted by BurmaShave
at September 2, 2008 6:26 PM
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Efron
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Ought to make an excellent double bill with Grizzly Man.
Posted by Efron
at September 2, 2008 6:31 PM
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moviesquad
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Looks like YouTube is the real winner here since this story has been around forever, but it took the popularity of the video on YouTube for Hollywood to figure it out.
Posted by moviesquad
at September 2, 2008 6:44 PM
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moviesquad
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This is a link to the more complete version of the story with an even cheesier song.
Posted by moviesquad
at September 2, 2008 6:46 PM
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moviesquad
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Sorry, here is the link to the full video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U
Posted by moviesquad
at September 2, 2008 6:47 PM
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Josh Massey
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I saw that a few weeks back, and spent about an hour trying to find a copy without awful music and text (one freaking word at a time?). No luck.
Posted by Josh Massey
at September 2, 2008 6:54 PM
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actionman
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Neal Mortiz. That's all I needed to hear to know that the film will more than likely suck lion balls.
Posted by actionman
at September 2, 2008 8:11 PM
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actionman
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however, that footage is endearing beyond all get out and maybe, just maybe, this impending film can side-step the easy sentimentality and make it something rich and touching without the treacle.
Posted by actionman
at September 3, 2008 6:33 AM
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raygo
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This type of story can be done well, see "Duma" for an example.
Posted by raygo
at September 3, 2008 6:23 PM
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