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Overview

User Rating:
5.2/10   781 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Hall Bartlett (screenplay)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
23 October 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Everyone's Book Is Now Everyone's Motion Picture
Plot:
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his sea-gull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Seven Scores: Lee Holdridge - East of Eden
 (From Daily Film Music Blog. 27 April 2009, 10:21 PM, PDT)

User Reviews:
I like the movie / its music, pictures & thoughts. more (28 total)

Cast

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Philip Ahn ... Chang (voice) (uncredited)

Richard Crenna ... Father (voice) (uncredited)
James Franciscus ... Jonathan Livingston Seagull (voice) (uncredited)
Kelly Harmon ... Kimmy (voice) (uncredited)

Hal Holbrook ... The Elder (voice) (uncredited)
David Ladd ... Fletcher Lynd Seagull (voice) (uncredited)
Dorothy McGuire ... Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Juliet Mills ... The Girl (voice) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Hall Bartlett 
 
Writing credits
Hall Bartlett (screenplay)

Richard D. Bach  book (uncredited)

Produced by
Hall Bartlett .... producer
 
Original Music by
Neil Diamond (background score composed by)
Lee Holdridge (background score composed by)
 
Cinematography by
Jack Couffer (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Marshall M. Borden 
James Galloway 
Frank P. Keller 
 
Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster 
 
Production Design by
Boris Leven 
 
Production Management
Herbert Coleman .... administrative consultant (as William H. Coleman)
Gaylin P. Schultz .... production supervisor (as Gaylin Schultz)
 
Art Department
Sandy Dvore .... visual consultant
 
Sound Department
Wayne Artman .... production sound
Richard Oswald .... sound editorial staff
Gil Plenty .... unit sound
Richard Portman .... re-recording
James Richard .... sound editorial staff (as Jim Richard)
William A. Sawyer .... sound editorial staff (as William Sawyer)
Edward M. Thirlwell .... sound effects mixer
Frank E. Warner .... sound effects creator (as Frank Warner)
Don Zimmerman .... sound editorial staff
 
Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Virginia Briggs .... continuing imagery
Jim Danforth .... animator (uncredited)
Jim Danforth .... matte supervisor (uncredited)
Matthew Yuricich .... visual effects artist (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Freeman .... camera operator: helicopter photography (as MacGillvray/Freeman)
Norman Harris .... gaffer
John Koester .... assistant cameraman
Greg MacGillivray .... camera operator: helicopter photography (as MacGillvray/Freeman)
Elliott Marks .... still photographer
Gerald McClain .... assistant camera
Stan McClain .... assistant camera: second aerial unit
George Ressler .... head grip
 
Editorial Department
Jack Garsha .... color consultant
Joseph R. Marek .... negative supervisor
Bobbie Shapiro .... editorial associate
 
Music Department
Tom Catalano .... music supervisor
Tom Catalano .... soundtrack producer
Neil Diamond .... composer: songs
Neil Diamond .... music adaptor: background score
Charles Grenzbach .... music mixer (as Charles W. Grenzbach)
John C. Hammell .... music editor
Lee Holdridge .... conductor
Lee Holdridge .... music adaptor: background score
Lee Holdridge .... music arranger
Don MacDougall .... music mixer (as Donald W. MacDougall)
Armin Steiner .... musical mixer: soundtrack album
 
Transportation Department
James Davis .... transportation
 
Other crew
Joan Arnold .... production assistant
Ray Berwick .... bird trainer
Chris Cagle .... aircraft coordinator
James Caliendo .... bird trainer (as Jim Caliendo)
Brian Callahan .... bird supervision and care
James G. Callahan .... bird supervision and care (as James Callahan)
Eileen Dunn .... assistant: Mr. Dvore
Gary Gero .... bird trainer
Ida Kaul .... executive secretary
Gina Lance .... documentarian
Catalina Lawrence .... script supervisor
Elliott Marks .... documentarian
Mike Merrick .... producer's representative
George Nolan .... helicopter pilot
Leslie Parrish .... researcher
Matthew Place .... bird supervision and care
Gil Plenty .... special assistant to producer
Art Scholl .... pilot: aerobatic aircraft
P.K. Strong .... film shipping coordinator
William C. Thomas .... assistant to producer (as Bill Thomas)
Robert Werden .... unit publicist
Mark Smith .... builder: model bird (uncredited)
Mark Smith .... pilot: model bird (uncredited)
Tony Urbano .... puppeteer (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Russell Munson .... acknowledgment: main title still photograph ©1970
Charles R. Stribling .... gratitude
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
120 min | USA:99 min (DVD)
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell. more
Quotes:
Chang: I am a perfect expression of freedom, here and now. more
Soundtrack:
Skybird more

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7 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
I like the movie / its music, pictures & thoughts., 19 May 2002
Author: greg0658

I also read the book, saw the movie on the big screen, have the soundtrack and got the VHS tape, which I watched again today. So I like the movie. I'm visiting the web today looking for a dvd release. Watching the movie in post 9/11/01 days - it has a renewed interest for me, as our days here on earth are again in question with world activities growing graver. As a photographer I like big screen and small screen movies that are picturesque. So "Dances with Wolves" is another favorite. I also like movies that move me, even to tears (that doesn't bother me), which this movie does, so "Old Yeller" is another favorite and this database hit the mark on what else I might like. I play piano and trumpet in band and have an appreciation for the instrumentation this movie soundtrack offers. I am Christian and the vocal soundtrack gets you thinking of this life and the afterlife. I enjoy Neil Diamond as a vocalist. I give the movie a rating of 9 out of 10. Nothing is perfect. In closing I was hoping to see this movie re-released soon on the big screen - or at least dvd - but with the comments in this database - I don't see an executive taking an option on that.

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