Running Wild 1995

     Christine Shaye works for the television station Global Explorer.  She is interested in working on a good documentary subject.  She travels to Africa to meet John Varty.  He has been working on documentaries about wild life in Africa.  Another television executive at the station is trying to derail any project that Christine proposes to management.  The African subject is about a mother leopard and her two cubs.  Christine gets the go ahead on her project but Varty tells her that the mother leopard has died.  She was killed in a lion attack.  The focus is now the nurturing of the two cubs. 

     Christine and John both have the interests of the cubs as their focus.  The station executive is interested in furthering his own career.  The resident wild life manager has money on his mind and he has a buyer for the cubs at a very good price.  He's trying to come up with ways to get the cubs away from John Varty.  Both Varty and Shye discover that locating a good place to re-home the cubs is more difficult than they expected.  I did like the dedication of John Varty in finding the best outcome for the cubs.  (3* This movie was OK)

94 min, Drama directed by Dee McLachlan with John Varty, Elmon Mhlongo, Brooke Shields, Martin Sheen, David Keith, Norman Anstey, Themba Ndaba, Renee Estevez, Greg Latter, Vusi Kunene, Tidi Modise.

Note:  Imdb 5.7, 33% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3.9* out of 5* with 20 reviews, The Movie Scene 3* out of 5*.

Special Note:  Brook Shields went on safari in Kenya for the TV series Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in 1984.  I had a little difficulty envisioning her in the wilds of Africa??