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Well let's try this

Elsa, Elsa Let's try this. all my nightmares had come true. ...she can't make it. she...

Born Free • 1966

Joy Adamson: Elsa, Elsa
[Joy cries sitting out on the hood of the truck as they ride in search of the young lioness]
George Adamson: Let's try this.
[2 shots ring out from his gun. George sees Elsa stumbling through the grass, approaching their vehicle]
Joy Adamson: all my nightmares had come true.
[Now Elsa rests in their tent as they argue over her]
George Adamson: ...she can't make it. she can't think. she can't mix with her own kind... She can't do anything the wild animals do to survive. You've done too good a job on her. You've made her tame. It's too late to try to let her go wild now. All we're doing is making her miserable, torturing her. How could you be so cruel?
Joy Adamson: You keep quiet George.
George Adamson: I don't know what goes on in that head of yours anymore... What's wrong with a zoo, anyway?
Joy Adamson: nothing. Except that she won't be free.
George Adamson: and Is freedom so important?
Joy Adamson: yes, yes, she was born free and she has the right to live free. Why don't we live in a more comfortable setting George? Other people do. We chose to live out here cause it represents freedom for us. Because we can breathe.
George Adamson: Joy, tell me the truth. You just don't want to give her up. What you're really hoping is that she can stay out here, wild, but not too wild. That you can see her every now and then.
Joy Adamson: it's not the whole truth. But I don't deny I'd like it.
George Adamson: it's impossible. It cannot happen.
Joy Adamson: ...at least she would be free. At least she wouldn't be in a cage for the rest of her life.
George Adamson: even if she gets herself killed in the process.
Joy Adamson: [stroking Elsa's leg] I'd never forgive myself I suppose.
[Joy narrates]
Joy Adamson: although at one time we were afraid she'd die, Elsa did recover. And when she did, she seemed somehow different

Full Transcript

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Well let's try this

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Gun Fires Birds Squawking

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Grunting Panting

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Joy Narrating All my nightmares had come true

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It won't do Look by now it's perfectly obvious she can't make it

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She can't fend for herself She can't mix with her own kind

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She can't do anything a wild lion must do to survive We've

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You've done too good a job on her

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We've made her tame and it's too late to try to let her go wild now

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All we're doing is making her miserable torturing her

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How can you be so cruel Do you think I enjoy it

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Exhales I don't know what goes on in that head of yours anymore

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You have this fixed idea What's wrong with a zoo anyway

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Nothing except that she won't be free

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Yes And is freedom so important

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Yes She was born free and she has the right to live free

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Why don't we live in some nice comfortable city George Other people do

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But we've chosen to live here because it represents freedom for us

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Because we can breathe here So could she be That's because we're fit for it

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She can She can She'll be safe in the zoo

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Yes safe And fat and lazy and dull and stupid like some cow on a milking machine

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Joy

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Tell me the truth You just don't want to give her up

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What you're really hoping is that she can stay out here

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wild but not too wild so that you can see her every now and then

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That's it isn't it It's not the whole truth

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but I don't deny I'd like it

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It's impossible

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It can't happen Even if she should be able to go wild

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which I very much doubt that would be the end

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You'd never see her again Then at least she'd be free

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At least she wouldn't be in a cage for the rest of her life

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And if she gets herself killed in the process

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Elsa Rumbling

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I'd never forgive myself I suppose

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Panting

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Joy Narrating Although at one time we were afraid she would die Elsa did recover

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And when she did she seemed somehow different

Duration

181 seconds

Views

91

Timestamp in Movie

01:17:19

Uploaded

Jan 25, 2025

Genres

adventure, biography, drama

Production

High Road,Open Road Films

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Movie Summary

The story of George and Joy Adamson and the orphaned lion cub, Elsa, they adopt.