A Lion Called Christian
2009 · 45 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 142 VOTES · DIR. Jackie Osei Tutu, Suemay Oram
Overview
In 2008, a clip posted on YouTube featuring an emotional reunion between a young lion and his owners became an internet sensation. Overnight people wanted to know more about what lay behind this clip. The two men in question, Anthony 'Ace' Bourke and John Rendall, have published an updated best-selling version of their account of how they came to buy Christian the lion from a London department store in the late 60s. They explain how they lived with the lion whilst working in a furniture shop down the King's Road in what was then the tail end of the swinging 60s and how they eventually came to introduce their lion into the wild under the watchful eye of lion expert, George Adamson.
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00:00:06 # Yeah #
00:01:51 # You really got me You really got me #
00:03:28 And we just kind of looked at each other and said, "Right, we're gonna buy him. "
00:05:34 He was very imaginative and was very good at making up games.
00:07:16 and got him out of the bathroom. But I was pretty scared!
00:09:01 And they decided he had to have a bank account, so we took him up to our bank
00:11:11 He would always leap in, put his arms around them
00:13:17 frightening me and both of us - John came.
00:15:17 is now on screen. It was chosen for the Royal Film Performance...
00:17:10 The rapidly-growing Christian needed somewhere bigger to live, and fast.
00:19:32 We all puffed and blew after him and then we all flopped into the sand.
00:21:26 and then he was lifted on the hoist up into the hold and it was quite heart stopping actually.
00:23:17 In fact, George was very impressed.
00:24:49 It's not simply the matter of opening the back of a lorry door and letting it run free.
00:26:39 to establish the hierarchy.
00:28:30 We could see it was starting to work and we had to step back and the relationship that we had
00:30:22 But Kora was not just home to Boy and Christian.
00:32:10 the danger of his work rather than the good aspects of his work.
00:34:13 George appeared on the top of the hill, I suppose, about 100 metres away from us with Christian.
00:36:48 So it was very emotion for all of us
00:38:43 But as he grew bigger and more aggressive
00:40:44 It was like, "Now I've got lion-things to do. "
00:42:21 had his own cubs, had his own pride.
00:44:02 I think, possibly, it's a cry for Africa from Christian from 40 years ago.