It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969)

Director:

Ward Kimball

Writers:

Ted Berman (story) &
Ward Kimball (story)

Release Date:

10 December 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Documentary | Animation | Short

Plot:

Part cartoon and part documentary, this film offers a humorous look at birds and the ways people perceive them. |

Plot Keywords:

Bird | Festival | Ohio | Legend | Wildlife

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Ruth Buzzi	...	Soprano (voice)
Richard Bakalyan	...	Narrator (voice)
John Emerson	...	Bird Fancier
Jim Swain	...	Bird Fancier
Ann Lord	...	Bird Fancier
Hank Schloss	...	Bird Fancier
Walter Perkins	...	Bird Fancier
Rolf Darbo	...	Bird Fancier

Runtime:

21 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

USA:G

Filming Locations:

Hinckley, Ohio, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Movie Connections:

Features Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)

OMG- it really existed!!

I'm just glad to know that this thing really existed, and I wasn't just imagining things at the age of seven!! I'd love for this to go to home video; it's an imaginative and totally skewered animated documentary which seems to borrow a lot of its style from the animated MONTY PYTHON. The bird who narrates is continually bandaged and casted, and even the 60's NBC peacock arrives in a 2-second cameo to sneeze his feathers completely off!!