Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)

Director:

Hall Bartlett

Writers:

Richard D. Bach (book) and
Hall Bartlett (writer)

Release Date:

23 octubre 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Frase comercial:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Essay | Anthropomorphic | Bird | Based On Novel | Based On Book

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Good story decent movie

Cast

Philip Ahn	...	Chang (voice)
Richard Crenna	...	Father (voice)
James Franciscus	...	Jonathan (voice)
Kelly Harmon	...	Kimmy (voice)
Hal Holbrook	...	The Elder (voice)
David Ladd	...	Fletcher (voice)
Dorothy McGuire	...	Mother (voice)
Juliet Mills	...	The Girl (voice)

También conocida como:

Juan Salvador Gaviota (Spain) [es]

Duración:

120 min | USA:99 min (DVD)

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Australia:G | UK:U | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Carlsbad Caverns National Park - 3225 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA

Company:

JLS Partnership

Trivialidades:

The New York Times, July 3, 1974 Des Moines, Iowa, July 2 - John H. Livingston, the man who inspired the best-selling novel "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," died Sunday at the Pompano Beach (Fla.) airport soon after completing his last plane ride. Richard D. Bach, a former Iowa Air Guard pilot, has said his best-selling book about a free-wheeling seagull was inspired by Mr. Livingston. Johnny Livingston, as he was known, moved many years ago from Iowa to Florida. He was one of the country's top pilots during the barnstorming days of the nineteen-twenties and thirties. From 1928 through 1933, Mr. Livingston won 79 first places, 43 seconds and 15 thirds in 139 races throughout the country, many of them at Cleveland. He won first place and $13,910 in 1928 in a cross-country race from New York to Los Angeles. Mr. Livingston leaves his wife, Wavelle, two brothers and four sisters.

Quotes:

Jonathan: The only true law is that which sets us free.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Attack of the the Eye Creatures (#5.18)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

The Odyssey [Be-Lonely Looking Sky-Dear Father]

Good story decent movie

First off if you are reading this you will most definitely read the book of the same title.

The book doesn't translate well into film due to it's short length so there is a lot of padding out of Jonathon just flying around visiting different places but the visuals on show are very good. The animatronics (rememeber they didn't have CGI back in the 70's) are first class and it really does look like live seagulls.

The movie is probably about the right length though at 95 mins perhaps trimming by 10 mins would not have harmed it.

As you'll know it's a feelgood story about the quest to be a better gull and the importance of tolerance and forgiveness.

I was a bit disappointed that one of the KEY SPOKEN LINES in the book was omitted from the script. When the young Jonathon is asked by his mother why he doesn't eat and is all bone and feathers he replies "I don't mind being bone and feathers, Mum. I just want to know what i can do in the air and what i can't, that's all. I just want to know" Considering the key part of the book is that Jonathon forsakes the squabbles and feeding frenzy to learn how to fly properly i would say that line is a pretty important one.

Still it's a decent movie which is pleasant to watch.