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'The Leopard Son'
Africa’s Serengeti Plain is brought spectacularly to life. Thanks to its tremendous animal footage, expert editing, dynamic music from composer Stewart Copeland and the aristocratic boom of Sir John Gielgud’s offscreen commentary, a leopard’s coming of age is rendered into stirring, armchair entertainment.
Leopards are among the most elusive animals to film. So this movie represents something of a coup for wildlife cinematographer Hugo van Lawick, who filmed a leopard’s birth and growth over a two-year period. He and assistant cameraman Matthew Aeberhard have captured an extraordinary combination of adorable events and dramatic hunter-prey confrontations. -- Desson Howe
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