The story of his life, lion, is up for six oscars, including best picture. With dev patel, nicole kidman, rooney mara, sunny pawar. It certainly has elements of things that have happened in real life. Lion official trailer 1 2016 dev patel movie youtube.
Lion cinematographer got creative with camera movement. However, the many flaws of lion overshadow its few strengths, resulting in a disjointed film thats uneven in both tone and quality. An amazing true story inspired dev patels new movie lion duration. He became a feature at rendalls furniture store and one day bill travers and virginia mckenna walked into the store and saw christian.
The story of saroo brierley, told in his 20 memoir a long way home and in the new film lion, is hard to believe. The film was produced by metrogoldwynmayer and distributed in the u. Beyond its emotional pull, the film also brings awareness and a face to a harrowing statistic that 80,000 indian children are lost each year. Throw in an intriguing exotic culture, and youve got yourself some oscar bait. But thankfully, there are still some new movies to leave you happy, and one is the remarkably touching lion.
The true story behind the lion king the washington post. It follows the incredible true story of saroo brierley, who at five years old. Yes it is a true story, the movie was adapted from a nonfiction book named a long way from home. Dev patel, sunny pawar bring saroo brierleys true lion tale to life but sunnys performance is the big surprise of lion he holds the whole first half of the film down. The lion movie true story reveals that a 5yearold saroo survived by himself on the streets of calcutta for three weeks, until he was taken to a police station and eventually placed into a local orphanage. Lion this globetrotting true story is anchored by its assured leading turns, young and old.
Saroo brierley born may 22, 1981 is an indianborn australian businessman and author who, at age five, was accidentally separated from his biological mother. The true story behind the lion king the disney movie has roots in west african royalty. As the film opens, tiny saroo the outstanding sunny pawar lives with his beloved mother, younger sister, and older brother guddu abhishek bharate. In lion, dev patel brings the incredible true story of. At least that is what happened to those around me during the course of this incredible true story.
The true story of saroo brierley, lost as a child and reunited with his family 25 years later, is told in garth daviss. Lion, a movie about a real mans 25year journey to find his birth family, was made at a breakneck pace. Now his story has been told in lion, a hollywood film starring dev patel and nicole kidman. Its officially oscar movie season, and one new film thats getting a lot of awards buzz is garth davis lion. They were actors who had been in the film born free, the true story of a lion cub named elsa that was successfully rehabilitated into the wild in africa by conservationist george adamson and his wife joy. The oscarnominated film lion was the first movie i saw at an actual cinema in five years. Dev patel, who played the adult saroo, arrived early in the shoot to film the scenes of reunion. The film tells the true story of fiveyearold saroo brierley, who gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across india, away from his home and family. Based on the true story of saroo brierley who, at the age of 5, was separated from his family in india as he fell asleep on a train and woke up 1600 kilometers away from home. But in trying to tell the whole of this nearly implausible tale, the film cant figure out whether its. The film stars dev patel, who rose to fame playing the lead in 2009s best picture.
The stunning true adoption story behind oscar hopeful lion. Lion, a film you should see with your family, has been earning award season love for its stellar performances, but also because of the incredible true story at its core. Railway children is thrilled to be a charity partner for the hollywood blockbuster film lion, starring dev patel and nicole kidman. Discover more details about the lion true story by watching the saroo brierley documentary and interviews below. Lion cinematographer shot early part of film from child. If you have ever seen one of these family reunion shows on tv and you were touched then, you will be touched by lion for sure. Reallife mother behind blockbuster film lion tells her story. Lion is based on a true story that only seems implausible. The film ends with captions about the real saroos return to india in february 2012, including the fact his brother. Garth davis film is working from true source material. The film stars dev patel, rooney mara, david wenham and nicole kidman, as well as abhishek bharate, divian ladwa, priyanka bose, deepti naval, tannishtha chatterjee, nawazuddin siddiqui and sunny pawar, and tells the. Lion sneaks up on you as it proceeds to pluck your heart strings with its little cat feet. Saroo brierley on his life journey that inspired lion youtube. Saroo brierley was separated from his family as a child in india and adopted by an australian couple.
A fiveyearold indian boy is adopted by an australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. In 1986, finding himself separated from his older brother after. Criticallyacclaimed movie lion tells the true story of a 5yearold boy in india who gets lost on a train. Nicole kidman on adoption connection that drew her to miraculous true story lion australian director garth davis was huddled inside a park city condo with some friends, taking a break from the 20 sundance film festival where his much buzzedabout tv series, top of the lake, had just been warmly received when he was hit with the. A few months earlier, he had copped the top prize at the camerimage cinematography film festival in poland. Meet the real saroo, his mom sue brierley and his birth mother. Lion is based on a true story that is both incredibly uplifting and heartbreaking. Now its lion, the major motion picture starring dev patel, nicole kidman, and rooney maranominated for six academy awards. Lion is a sad but uplifting true story of five year old saroo who gets locked inside a train while looking for his older brother and ends up nearly miles away from home. Like its hero, lion often finds itself torn between two worlds. From here we get an unflinching and frightening view of child poverty on the streets of calcutta before saroo is adopted by an australian couple who provide a fairly.
Lion a true story adapted from the book by australian saroo brierley about the. The wind and the lion is a 1975 american epic adventure war film written and directed by john milius and starring sean connery, candice bergen, brian keith, and john huston. Truestory oscar bait that fails to roar film inquiry. I respect australiyan mother, she is angel in real world. The world seems both small and vast in lion, a basedonatruestory drama that the weinstein company is pinning a lot of oscar hopes on as it. The stunning true adoption story behind oscar hopeful lion dev patel stars in the gorgeous biopic, which follows an adopted man searching for his lost family. Lion is an inspirational true story even a film snob could. The true heart breaking and heartwarming story of lion. Lion is a 2016 biographical drama film directed by garth davis in his feature debut and written by luke davies, based on the nonfiction book a long way home by saroo brierley. His story generated significant international media attention, especially in australia and india. The true story behind the years most touching oscar. Lion dramatizes a remarkable true story, although maybe that goes without saying, since the less remarkable ones rarely, if ever, get made into movies. Charity partner of hollywood film lion railway children. Inspirational true story is the weinstein companys major oscar hopeful.
The movie is based on a boy named saroo who gets separated from his parents and ends up lost in the streets of kolkata thousands of miles away from. Saroo was later adopted by an australian couple and after 25 years, he began searching for his indian family. Signage during the world premiere of disneys the lion king at the dolby theatre on july 9 in hollywood. The feelgood movie we all need, blares the promotional blurb, and for once the hype may be justified.
Its quite remarkable that this incredible story is based on and comes very close to the true life story of saroo brierley but what i really loved about film was that the director chose to tell the story in chronological order instead of using. The unbelievable true story of a boy who found home. To shoot the first hour of lion, the true story of a young boy separated from his family in rural india and thrown onto the teeming streets of kolkata alone, cinematographer greig fraser had. These scenes are so engaging, in fact, that saroos eventual salvation in the hands of.
Then, before you know it, tear ducts will be brimming and your entire being will be awash with incredible joy but also a splash of bittersweet sorrow. Lion is a 2016 biographical drama film directed by garth davis in his feature debut and written. The true story behind the years most touching oscar contender, lion. The film, of course, is derived from the true story of saroo brierley, as recounted in his book a long way home, and as such is hedged in an uncomfortable reality about homelessness in india. The critical consensus reads, lions undeniably uplifting story and talented cast make it a moving journey that. In 1898 two african lions, known locally as the ghost and the darkness, killed a number of workers on the east africa railroad at the tsavo river and halted the project until they were hunted d. Scars closest parallel is probably richard iii of england, who became king by murdering everyone related to his brother. A story as incredible as his isnt easily told in just a few paragraphs, thats why its a book, and now a film but in brief, saroos life in a small indian village changed dramatically. Lion tells the true story of saroo brierley, who was accidentally. The extraordinary true story of a boy who took 25 years to find home saroo brierley was only five when he woke to find himself trapped on an empty train hurtling across of india. How lost child saroo brierley found his birth mother more than 20 years later this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. The reallife mother behind the hollywood blockbuster lion has told for the first time of her pain at losing her fiveyearold son and her unshakeable belief that he would come home to her 25. In 1986, saroo, a fiveyearold boy, lives with his elder.