Product Details

• Actors: John Gielgud
• Directors: Hugo Van Lawick
• Writers: Michael Olmert
• Producers: Hugo Van Lawick, Edith Brinkers, Evert van den Bos, Mick Kaczorowski, Tim Cowling
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hallmark
• VHS Release Date: February 16, 1999
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1574924389
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #424,605 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful, Touching Documentary-Drama, February 7, 2000

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This review is from: Leopard Son [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Starting when the leopard son is just a child, this story is told as a ducmentary, but it has a wonderful, touching dramatic angle. It is a heart-warming story which will make you sit down and think about many things, especially about the relationship with your own parents.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore reviewers with no sense of humor, November 16, 2004

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JWLT (Three Rivers, California. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leopard Son [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Leopard Son is a spectacularly well executed film. Yes, indeed, the director does edit the footage so as to support a human-like narrative. So what. Contrary to the patronizing tone of a couple of these reviews, no one with even half a brain will believe that the leopard son woke up ond day and said "Well, I guess I'll go see how mom is doing." The footage of the African savannah alone is worth the watching, to say nothing of the various footage of lions.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully done realistic coming-of-age tale., April 19, 1999

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Margaret Fiore - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leopard Son [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The real-life answer to the gushy, cutesy, incredibly over-anthropomorphised "The Lion King". This is a stunningly photographed documentary recording the growth to adulthood of a leopard cub. Its wonderful musical score adds immeasurably. This is a work of art.

This is great children's fare for any parent that is not too squeamish to admit that carnivores eat real animals, that meat is muscle that once belonged to a critter like us, and that other animals have a different but valid social structure and value system of their own. Our 3-year-old loves this movie, as do the rest of the family.