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Christian the Lion owners! John Rendall Anthony 'Ace' Bourke 35 years later! Today Show
to see the FULL version of the music video using the whole song click on the link below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6AjvibF50 interview begins @ 2:02 John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke interview aired 7/30/08 on the Today Show. 35 years later... HD today show video http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25928755#25928755 Please visit http://www.wildlifenow.com/ "It is pretty extraordinary footage and quite humbling. But it is sort of very beautiful, the response," Bourke told Vieira. "I suppose, 35 years later, to find that people are so fascinated by it and have so enjoyed it, is slightly overwhelming ... and all the comments on the YouTube site, they're so positive. It is marvelous that so many people are getting so much enjoyment out of it." They retold the story of going to London's Harrods department store in 1969 out of curiosity. A friend had told them she had asked the manager of the exotic animal department if she could buy a camel, and with classic British aplomb, he had dryly asked, "Would that be one hump or two, ma'am?" The two young men, who had grown up in Australia and recently graduated from college, were keen to see such a place. At the store, they spotted a 35-pound lion cub in a little cage. Like kids enthralled by a puppy in a pet store window, they had to have him. "It was an irresistible sight," Rendall said. "We were rather shocked when we saw this cub in Harrods in a department store in a very small cage. Not only was he totally entrancing, we must be able to do something better for him. He can't stay in a cage this size," he remembers thinking. They named him Christian and took him home to their pad in the Kings Road, the hippest address in the hippest part of London — Chelsea. "We had such a beautiful relationship with him," Bourke said. "There was such trust between Christian's former owners had been told the lion wouldn't recognize them. But the video shows the lion's obvious joy at being reunited with the two men. He ran toward us with such love and excitement in his eyes, and we felt exactly the same way. We were just so excited to see him, looking so big and healthy. The story had just turned out so beautifully, when it could have had a very different ending." Rendall referred to the film in describing the reunion. "You can see in that clip his body language," he said. "When he first starts seeing us, he's looking, looking. Is it us? Is it us? And then suddenly, he says, 'Right, this is them.' And down he comes. And there wasn't a moment that we ever doubted that it was going to be a wonderful greeting ... we never doubted it." Bourke and Rendall saw Christian a final time in 1974, by which time he had doubled in size and was now king of the jungle, with a pride of lionesses and a batch of cubs. "He still recognized us," Rendall said. "He was with wild lionesses. He had a litter of cubs and his genes had been passed on back into the wild. After that time we saw him, he was never seen again. It was like a final farewell ... he was completely integrated back into the wild." The experience moved Rendall, who lives in London, to devote his life to conservation; today he is a trustee of the Adamson Trust. Bourke, who became a dealer in Aboriginal art in his native Australia, is also a supporter of preserving wildlife. Both hope that the millions of people who have been so moved by the clip contribute to the cause. "We're just hoping that people who have enjoyed this clip — it's a phenomenal number — if they would want to contact the George Adamson Trust through www.wildlifenow.com and support us and support conservation, it would be wonderful to contribute to George's memory," Rendall said. |
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David Michael Rendall Editor Reel
Assemblage of Films I have edited. |
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John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke interview part 2
watch the full music video tribute here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6AjvibF50 John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke interview from the Kerri-Anne Show. 35 years later... |
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Embrace slide show
Slide show of photos from 2006 of the Rendall Wagner Band...set to the music of "Embrace" from the album 'The Art of Illusion'. |
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Mark Rendall in Charlie Bartlett
Every scene with Mark Rendall here! Of course from MarkRendall.org! More movies? Screencaps? Only on MarkRendall.org! |
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Mark Rendall in 30 Days of Night! Part One
We`re sorry for the voice, but we`ve had some problems with this video :( Next part should be in better quality than this :) |
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Rendall Jan 17th 2002 "Looking for a razor..." Pt. 1/5
Kendall sneaks into Ryan's room at the Pine Cone. He wakes up and catches her lifting his wallet. She lies, claiming that she was looking for a razor... . Rendall clips from DOTE. http://p203.ezboard.com/bdancingontheedge |
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Fox News "Balanced" - Ed Rendall says on 03/31,
Mind you that he is a former DNC chair. He is a Hil supporter. This is hilarious and hypocritical at the same time. LOL |
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Mark Rendall in silk
Mark Rendall in Silk movie. For more infos look here www.markrendall.org |
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Mark Rendall in ReGenesis (s01e07) part 1 thx Zoltan!
Mark Rendall in ReGenesis! Special for markrendall.zoomshare.com! Uploaded has Rogi, and Rogi has downloaded it from Zoltan! Thx Zoltan! |
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Rendall Jan 17th 2002 "Looking for a razor..." Pt. 2/5
Kendall sneaks into Ryan's room at the Pine Cone. He wakes up and catches her lifting his wallet. She lies, claiming that she was looking for a razor... .Rendall clips from DOTE. http://p203.ezboard.com/bdancingontheedge |
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Mark Rendall in Spirit Bear - clip 1
Mark Rendall in Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story. For more videos & infos about Mark visit www.markrendall.org Movie in Italian Language... :P |
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Tallulah Rendall - Black Seagull Bush Hall 6/8/08
Title Speaks for itself but I have to say fantastic performance, the video doesn't do her justice |
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Christian the Lion- Interview with John Rendall & Ace Berg
I was recording the TV with my digital camera so the quality is really really bad, my apologies. *Interview is with Access Hollywood. *I do not own the rights to this video. |
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Mark Rendall in Revelations (part 4)
Special for www.markrendall.org! For more video materials about Mark visit our site! |
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Mark Rendall in Revelations "Hour One" (part 1)
Special for www.markrendall.org! For more video about Mark Rendall visit our site! |
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Mark Rendall in ReGenesis (s01e01) part 2 thx Zoltan!
Mark Rendall in ReGenesis part 2! Special for markrendall.com! Uploaded had Rogi, and Rogi had it dowloaded from Zoltan! Thanks Zoltan! |
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Rendall Jan 17th 2002 "Looking for a razor..." Pt. 3/5
Kendall sneaks into Ryan's room at the Pine Cone. He wakes up and catches her lifting his wallet. She lies, claiming that she was looking for a razor... . Rendall clips from DOTE. http://p203.ezboard.com/bdancingontheedge |
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Christian the Lion - John Rendall & Ace Bourke Interview
Christian the Lion - John Rendall & Ace Bourke Interview: July 30 2008 |
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Rendall Jan 17th 2002 "Looking for a razor..." Pt. 4/5
Kendall sneaks into Ryan's room at the Pine Cone. He wakes up and catches her lifting his wallet. She lies, claiming that she was looking for a razor... . Rendall clips from DOTE. http://p203.ezboard.com/bdancingontheedge |
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Mark Rendall - short movie :D
Special for www.markrendall.org beta version. |
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Mark Rendall interview - The Neverending Story
Special for MarkRendall.org |
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Mark Rendall in his 3 NEW MOViES!
More videos - www.MarkRendall.org |
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Gerard Way, Marilyn Manson, David Rendall, and Ian.
This vid. includes pictures of all the people mentioned in the title, plus a johnny the homicidal maniac pic at the end. Yes.. it's just another one of those annoying picture slideshow thingys. But whatevs. I got bored. This is my second video.. so i'm still learning. Please, no spam. FIRST SONG = Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake + Timberland SECOND SONG = Resident Evil main theme by Marilyn Manson (Ian is the 'goth' guy from the movie "Hangmans curse".. I'm not sure what his real name is.) Pictures of Ian and David are quite hard to find, so please ignore the fact that the pics of them are mostly all screenshots. |
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Mark Rendall in Spirit Bear - clip 9
Mark Rendall in Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story. For more videos & info about Mark visit www.markrendall.org Clip in Italian language... :P |
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