Born Free Born Free Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures. The screenplay, written by blacklisted Hollywood writer Lester Cole (under the pseudonym "Gerald L.C. Copley"), was based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 non-fiction book "Born Free". The film was directed by James Hill and produced by Sam Jaffe and Paul Radin. "Born Free", and its musical
Bill Jones (basketball, born 1966) Bill Jones (basketball, born 1966) Clarence William "Bill" Jones (born March 18, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. His professional career spanned from 1989 to 2001, and included stops in the National Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association, France, Italy, and Venezuela. Jones played college basketball at the University of Iowa, from 1984–85 to 1987–88. He scored 981 career points, and helped lead the Hawkeyes to four consecutive berths into the NCAA Tournament. He appeared in 125 games, and averaged 7.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. Although he was not selected in the NBA draft, Jones would play