Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Hall Bartlett
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Actor: James Franciscus, Juliet Mills, Kelly Harmon, Philip Ahn, Richard CrennaDirector: Hall Bartlett
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: Jack Couffer
Producer: Hall Bartlett
Writer: Hall Bartlett
Editor: Frank P. Keller
Editor: James Galloway
Editor: Marshall M. Borden
Writer: Richard D. Bach
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Movie Review: A lyrical Masterpiece.
Summary: 5 Stars
Stirring, soulful, inspiring and haunting all at the same time. To say that they do not make music like this anymore is an understatement. Although the source material for this soundtrack is firmly rooted in the 70's it has the ability to do what only great works can. It transcends time. I was given the book earlier this year by a very good friend who knew that I needed to read it. Wow! Once I started I could not put it down. I think I finished it in about an hour.
Thanks to Amazon for having this in stock. I ordered two copies of the dvd-one of which I will give to my friend. Although she loves the book she never knew that there was a film, so this way I get to return something of value to her.
This is definately Neil Diamond's best work. It was difficult to get past the song - Be. When I thought that it could not get any better the sequence with- Dear Father- kicked in and it had me, totally, utterly under it's spell. If you need something to just have playing in the background while you are doing stuff around the house, or need something to take away some of the stresses of daily life this can be a powerful meditation for anyone who understands.
This soundtrack along with the dvd would make a cherished gift for someone that needs a little uplifting.
A true classic!
Summary of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his sea-gull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in quest for wisdom.There isn't a lot of middle ground when it comes to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which comes to DVD in 2007, 34 years after it was released theatrically, 15 years after it appeared in the VHS format, and nearly 40 years after the first publication of Richard Bach's novella. One person's poetic is another's pretentious; while many find inspiration and enlightenment in its allegorical message of self-realization and fulfillment, many others are repelled by its sophomoric, superficial moralizing. There is, however, one aspect of director Hall Bartlett's film that pretty much everyone agrees on: it's beautifully photographed, and richly deserving of its 1974 Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, with shot after breathtaking shot of the titular bird and his flock on the wing (and done without CGI or other modern technological trickery, other than the use of some radio-controlled models). Still, even an ornithologist would grow weary of endless shots of seagulls soaring and swooping, and when they start to talk, well, that's where the battle lines are drawn. James Franciscus, speaking in a hoarse, urgent whisper, supplies the voice of Jonathan, a young gull obsessed with flying higher, faster, and "without limits." This doesn't sit too well with the conformist stiffs who run the show, and the rebellious Jonathan finds himself an outcast. at least until he hooks up with some other, more evolved birds, who show him an existentially higher place and encourage him to return to his flock (who have names like Kirk Maynard, Judy Lee, and Charles-Roland) and share his profound life lessons with the others. If all of that sounds a bit sententious, that's because it is; while there's no arguing with the film's positive gist (basically, that it's good to be yourself and take a few risks), it's hammered home with all the subtlety of a Thomas Kinkade painting. Neil Diamond's music doesn't help, either, as the songwriter (with collaborator Lee Holdridge) delivers some of the most cloying songs of his career, somehow managing to sound sentimental and grandiose at the same time. In the end, perhaps the best solution is to watch Jonathan Livingston Seagull with the sound off. --Sam Graham
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