To Walk with Lions | |
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Directed by | Carl Schultz |
Written by | George Adamson (book) Sharon Buckingham Keith Ross Leckie |
Produced by | Julie Allan Pieter Kroonenburg Hélène Boulay |
Starring | Richard Harris John Michie Ian Bannen Kerry Fox |
Music by | Alan Reeves |
Distributed by | IAC Film and Television Mosaic Entertainment |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Kenya Canada |
Language | English |
To Walk with Lions is a 1999 film directed by Carl Schultz and starring Richard Harris as George Adamson and John Michie as Tony Fitzjohn. It follows the later years of Lion advocate Adamson.
After his marriage to Joy Adamson of Born Free fame, Adamson spent the latter part of his life protecting the lions and other wildlife in the Kora National Reserve, Kenya. He encounters poachers and government corruption blocking his quest for wildlife preservation.