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Oct 16, 1970 · A comedy adventure film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, the stars of Born Free. They take care of a friend's home in Kenya and adopt three orphan elephants.
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- Comedy, Action, Adventure
- James Hill
- 1970-10-16
An Elephant Called Slowly is a 1969 British film from the team that made Born Free. It starred the elephant Pole Pole. The film was shot on location in Kenya.
An Elephant Called Slowly. Real-life British naturalists (Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers) befriend elephants and a neighbor's (George Adamson) lions in Kenya.
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- Emanuel Levy
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- James Hill
Ginny and Bill arrive in Kenya to look after the home of a friend who is vacationing in Europe. They are immediately befriended by three elephants, the smallest of which they nickname Pole Pole, a Swahili word meaning "slowly." They also visit their friend George Adamson and his lions, which were featured with them in the film Born Free . Among ...
- James Hill
- Virginia Mckenna
Along the way, the meet Pole Pole (Swahili for “Slowly”), a baby elephant who adopts McKenna and Travers and attempts to travel with them. The first 20 minutes are rather slow, but the last 70 are very watchable with gorgeous cinema-tography and astounding nature shots.
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An Elephant Called Slowly is a 1969 Morning Star Productions Ltd. feature film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna as themselves in a story about the...
