Roar Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Noel Marshall
Genres: Adventure, Children's/Family
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Wildlife activist and actress Tippi_Hedren starred in this comic family adventure written, directed by, and costarring her producer husband Noel_Marshall and inspired by the surprise success of Born_Free (1966). Hedren is Madeleine, a woman who brings her children (including real-life daughter and future movie star Melanie_Griffith) to the African jungle for a visit with her long-estranged husband Hank (Marshall). An eccentric scientist, Hank has dedicated the past several years of his life to fighting for the preservation of endangered species. A snafu results in the family being met not by the environmentalist, however, but a pride of ferocious felines. Roar (1981) was a box-office disaster that not only fell far short of recouping its 17 million budget -- Hedren and family reportedly had to mortgage their assets to finance it. The production was also known for its accident-prone, behind-the-scenes drama, which included a fire, a flood, and a disease that took the lives of several big cat performers. Resulting schedule delays turned the motion picture into an 11-year labor of love for Hedren, whose off-camera commitment to protection of big cats extended to the establishment of her own California game preserve called Shambala, later to be the subject of a book by Hedren and a television documentary. Karl Williams, Rovi
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