Running Wild (1995 film)

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Running Wild
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Directed byDee McLachlan
Written byAndrea Buck
Dee McLachlan
John Varty
Produced byJohn Varty
Dee McLachlan
Starring Brooke Shields
Martin Sheen
David Keith
CinematographyJustin Fouche
Edited byDerek Ward
Johan Lategan
Music byGrant Innes McLachlan
Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video
Release date
1995
Running time
94 min.
LanguageEnglish

Running Wild (also known as Born Wild) is a 1995 film starring Brooke Shields, Martin Sheen and David Keith. It was written by Andrea Buck, Dee McLachlan [lower-alpha 1] and John Varty. [1] [2]

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Plot

A journalist for a struggling television station travels to Africa to meet conservationist and filmmaker John Varty, who has been following a mother leopard for several years. She believes this would make an interesting story for the station's viewers. However, things don't work out as planned as one of the station's executives is trying to stop her filming idea and the unfortunate death of the mother leopard.

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Notes

  1. Credited as Duncan McLachlan

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