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*Pride*
Pride
	DVD cover
Written by	Simon Nye
Directed by	John Downer
Starring	Kate Winslet; Helen Mirren; Rupert Graves; Sean Bean; Jim Broadbent; Robbie Coltrane; Martin Freeman; John Hurt;
Theme music composer	George Fenton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Delia Fine; Simon Curtis; Laura Mackie;
Producers	John Downer; Christopher Hall;
Running time	110 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	2004

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Pride is a 2004 television comedy-drama film about two lion cubs as they grow up and face the harsh realities of adulthood.^[1] Produced by the BBC and shown on A&E in the U.S., the film features the voices of numerous British actors and uses CGI technology to enhance footage of actual lions and other animals. Jim Henson's Creature Shop provided the digital effects and animatronics for the film. It was shot in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.

Plot

Suki, her cowardly brother Linus, and their conceited cousin Fleck are all lion cubs. When two rogue lions called Dark and Harry known as "The Wanderers" attack and while the lionesses help, they kill Fleck's mother leaving him an orphan. Suki and Linus decide to go exploring and find out how the Wanderers got across the river. Their mother Macheeba thought it impossible for the Wanderers to get across as there are Nile crocodiles in the river. Suki and Linus find a dead tree making a bridge, which is probably how the Wanderers got across. Elephants destroy the bridge leaving the cubs (and the Wanderers) trapped. When they meet Dark, he saves them from a pack of spotted hyenas, and Suki develops a crush on him. She and Linus have no choice but to swim across the river, and they successfully do.

As the cubs become teenagers, Suki and Linus are taught to hunt. Suki does not want to hunt and becomes a vegetarian. Fleck thinks that Suki and Linus do not like him because he is an orphan. Often in the film, Linus tries to practice hunting but is humiliated twice (being urinated on by an olive baboon, and trying to hunt a banded mongoose, but is chased up a tree by a herd of cape buffalo). When Suki, Fleck, and Linus are adults, Suki refuses to hunt/contribute to the pride as she sees it as cruelty to kill animals, therefore rendering her useless or another mouth to feed to the other lions, and, seeing as she does not see that she fits in, leaves the pride and becomes a Wanderer. After a year with the Wanderers, Suki now has Dark's cubs but still refuses to hunt. One night Harry, who killed Fleck's mother, eats all but one of Suki's cubs, Rory. Harry claims they went missing and threatens for her last cub to "go missing" if she does not contribute. That night Suki overhears Harry talking to Dark about striking another attack on the pride saying they will kill them all. Outraged, Suki goes back to warn her pride about the impending attack.

On her way back, Suki meets Lush, a lion who left the pride to see the rest of the world. Suki asks him to help her find some food and help fight the Wanderers. She hunts for the first time to provide food for the pride as they have not eaten for a while. Since the pride will not accept Fleck, he decides to join the Wanderers. Soon a fight erupts on the mountain top containing Harry and Linus where Harry dies by falling off the cliff side after Dark refuses to help him because Dark had just found out what Harry did to his cubs. Both Fleck and Dark leave after the battle, with Fleck threatening his revenge, claiming he will come back with an entire group of "highly-trained lions." Suki mates with Lush and has his cubs as Linus decides to leave to see the rest of the world and vows to come back when he is needed.

Voice cast

Kate Winslet as Suki
Helen Mirren as Macheeba
Rupert Graves as Linus
Sean Bean as Dark
Jim Broadbent as Eddie
Robbie Coltrane as James
Martin Freeman as Fleck
John Hurt as Harry
Kwame Kwei-Armah as Lush

Animals seen in the film

References

^ Lowry, Brian (20 June 2004). "Pride". Variety. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

External links

Official website
Pride at IMDb

[1] Lowry, Brian (20 June 2004). "Pride". Variety. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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-'''''Pride''''' is a 2004 television film about two lion cubs as they grow up and face the harsh realities of adulthood. Produced by the [[BBC]] and shown on [[A&E Network|A&E]] in the U.S., the film features the voices of numerous British actors and uses  [[computer generated imagery|CGI]] technology to enhance footage of actual lions and other animals. [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] provided the digital effects for the film. It was shot in [[Tanzania]]'s [[Serengeti National Park]].
+'''''Pride''''' is a 2004 television [[comedy-drama]] film about two lion cubs as they grow up and face the harsh realities of adulthood.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2004/tv/reviews/pride-3-1200532720/ | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | title=Pride | first=Brian | last=Lowry | date=20 June 2004 | access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref> Produced by the [[BBC]] and shown on [[A&E Network|A&E]] in the U.S., the film features the voices of numerous British actors and uses  [[computer generated imagery|CGI]] technology to enhance footage of actual lions and other animals. [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] provided the digital effects and animatronics for the film. It was shot in [[Tanzania]]'s [[Serengeti National Park]].
-==Plot==
-Suki, her cowardly brother Linus, and their conceited cousin Fleck are all [[lion]] cubs. When two rogue lions called Dark and Harry known as "The Wanderers" attack and while the lionesses help, they kill Fleck's mother leaving him an [[orphan]]. Suki and Linus decide to go exploring and find out how the Wanderers got across the river. Their mother Macheeba thought it impossible for the Wanderers to get across as there are  [[Nile crocodile]]s in the river. Suki and Linus find a dead [[tree]] making a bridge, which is probably how the Wanderers got across. [[Elephant]]s destroy the bridge leaving the cubs (and the Wanderers) trapped. When they meet a Wanderer named Dark, he saves them from a pack of  [[spotted hyena]]s, and Suki develops a crush on him. She and Linus have no choice but to swim across the river, and they successfully do.
+== Plot ==
-As the cubs become teenagers, Suki and Linus are being taught to hunt. Suki does not want to hunt and becomes a [[vegetarian]]. Fleck thinks that Suki and Linus do not like him because he is an orphan. Often in the film, Linus tries to practice hunting but is humiliated twice (being [[urinate]]d on by an [[olive baboon]], and trying to hunt a [[banded mongoose]], but is chased up a [[tree]] by a herd of [[cape buffalo]]). When Suki, Fleck and Linus become adult, Suki refuses to hunt/contribute to the pride as she sees it as cruelty to kill animals, therefore rendering her useless or another mouth to feed to the other lions, and, seeing as she does not see that she fits in, leaves the pride and becomes a Wanderer. After a year with the Wanderers, Suki now has Dark's cubs but still refuses to hunt. One night Harry, who killed Fleck's mother, eats all but one of Suki's cubs, Rory. Harry claims they went missing and threatens for her last cub to "go missing" if she does not contribute. That night Suki overhears Harry talking to Dark about striking another attack on the pride saying they will kill them all. Outraged, Suki goes back to warn her pride about the impending attack.
+Suki, her cowardly brother Linus, and their conceited cousin Fleck are all [[lion]] cubs. When two rogue lions called Dark and Harry known as "The Wanderers" attack and while the lionesses help, they kill Fleck's mother leaving him an [[orphan]]. Suki and Linus decide to go exploring and find out how the Wanderers got across the river. Their mother Macheeba thought it impossible for the Wanderers to get across as there are  [[Nile crocodile]]s in the river. Suki and Linus find a dead [[tree]] making a bridge, which is probably how the Wanderers got across. [[Elephant]]s destroy the bridge leaving the cubs (and the Wanderers) trapped. When they meet Dark, he saves them from a pack of  [[spotted hyena]]s, and Suki develops a crush on him. She and Linus have no choice but to swim across the river, and they successfully do.
+As the cubs become teenagers, Suki and Linus are taught to hunt. Suki does not want to hunt and becomes a [[vegetarian]]. Fleck thinks that Suki and Linus do not like him because he is an orphan. Often in the film, Linus tries to practice hunting but is humiliated twice (being [[urinate]]d on by an [[olive baboon]], and trying to hunt a [[banded mongoose]], but is chased up a [[tree]] by a herd of [[cape buffalo]]). When Suki, Fleck, and Linus are adults, Suki refuses to hunt/contribute to the pride as she sees it as cruelty to kill animals, therefore rendering her useless or another mouth to feed to the other lions, and, seeing as she does not see that she fits in, leaves the pride and becomes a Wanderer. After a year with the Wanderers, Suki now has Dark's cubs but still refuses to hunt. One night Harry, who killed Fleck's mother, eats all but one of Suki's cubs, Rory. Harry claims they went missing and threatens for her last cub to "go missing" if she does not contribute. That night Suki overhears Harry talking to Dark about striking another attack on the pride saying they will kill them all. Outraged, Suki goes back to warn her pride about the impending attack.
-On her way back, Suki meets Lush, a lion who left the pride to see the rest of the world. Suki asks him to help her find some food and help fight the Wanderers. She hunts for the first time to provide food for the pride as they had not eaten for a while. Since the pride will not accept Fleck, he decides to join the Wanderers. Soon a fight erupts on the mountain top containing Harry and Linus where Harry dies by falling off the cliff side after Dark refuses to help him because Dark had just found out what Harry did to his cubs. Both Fleck and Dark leave after the battle, with Fleck threatening his revenge, claiming he will come back with an entire group of "highly-trained lions." Suki mates with Lush and has his cubs.
+On her way back, Suki meets Lush, a lion who left the pride to see the rest of the world. Suki asks him to help her find some food and help fight the Wanderers. She hunts for the first time to provide food for the pride as they have not eaten for a while. Since the pride will not accept Fleck, he decides to join the Wanderers. Soon a fight erupts on the mountain top containing Harry and Linus where Harry dies by falling off the cliff side after Dark refuses to help him because Dark had just found out what Harry did to his cubs. Both Fleck and Dark leave after the battle, with Fleck threatening his revenge, claiming he will come back with an entire group of "highly-trained lions." Suki mates with Lush and has his cubs as Linus decides to leave to see the rest of the world and vows to come back when he is needed.
-==Animals seen in film==
-*[[African lion]]
+== Voice cast ==
-*[[White-backed vulture]]
+{{cast list|
-*[[plains zebra]]
-*[[blue wildebeest]]
+* [[Kate Winslet]] as Suki
+* [[Helen Mirren]] as Macheeba
-*[[cape buffalo]]
+* [[Rupert Graves]] as Linus
-*[[nile crocodile]]
-*[[spitting cobra]]
+* [[Sean Bean]] as Dark
+* [[Jim Broadbent]] as Eddie
-*[[African bush elephant]]
+* [[Robbie Coltrane]] as James
-*[[spotted hyena]]
-*[[olive baboon]]
+* [[Martin Freeman]] as Fleck
-*[[warthog]]
+* [[John Hurt]] as Harry
+* [[Kwame Kwei-Armah]] as Lush
-*[[banded mongoose]]
+}}
-*[[sable antelope]]
-*[[black rhinoceros]]
-*[[Marabou stork]]
+== Animals seen in the film ==
-==Voice cast==
+{{div col}}
-*[[Kate Winslet]] &ndash; Suki
+* [[African lion]]
-*[[Sean Bean]] &ndash; Dark
+* [[White-backed vulture]]
-*[[Helen Mirren]] &ndash; Macheeba
+* [[plains zebra]]
-*[[Jim Broadbent]] &ndash; Eddie
+* [[blue wildebeest]]
-*[[Robbie Coltrane]] &ndash; James
+* [[cape buffalo]]
-*[[Martin Freeman]] &ndash; Fleck
+* [[nile crocodile]]
-*[[Rupert Graves]] &ndash; Linus
+* [[spitting cobra]]
-*[[John Hurt]] &ndash; Harry
+* [[African bush elephant]]
-*[[Kwame Kwei-Armah]] &ndash; Lush
+* [[spotted hyena]]
+* [[olive baboon]]
+* [[warthog]]
+* [[banded mongoose]]
+* [[sable antelope]]
+* [[black rhinoceros]]
+* [[Marabou stork]]
+{{div col end}}
+==References==
-==Behind the scenes==
+{{reflist}}
-To film more scenes with lions, the crew used a special camera in the shape of a boulder called Boulder-Cam.
-==External links==
+== External links ==
+* {{Official website|bbc.co.uk/drama/pride}}
-*{{IMDb title|id=0363908|title=Pride}} - features a plot summary
+* {{IMDb title|0363908}}
-*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/pride/ Official Site]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Pride (2004 Film)}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Pride}}
 [[Category:2004 television films]]
+[[Category:2004 films]]
 [[Category:British television films]]
-[[Category:Film scores by George Fenton]]
+[[Category:Films scored by George Fenton]]
-[[Category:Films about animals]]
+[[Category:Films set in Tanzania]]
-[[Category:Films about cats]]
+[[Category:Films shot in Tanzania]]
-[[Category:Films about lions]]
-[[Category:Films featuring anthropomorphic characters]]
-[[Category:Films set in Africa]]