The Point (1971) (TV)

Director:

Fred Wolf

Writers:

Harry Nilsson (story) and
Carole Beers (story) ...
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Release Date:

2 February 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

An animated story of an unusual kingdom in which everything and everybody is pointed - except for a young boy named Oblio...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Conformity | Outcast | Voice Over Narration

Cast

Ringo Starr	...	Narrator / Father (home video release) (voice)
Paul Frees	...	Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
Lennie Weinrib	...	Count (voice) (as Lenny Weinrib)
Bill Martin	...	Rock Man (voice)
Buddy Foster	...	Count's Son (voice)
Joan Gerber	...	Oblio's Mother (voice)
Mike Lookinland	...	Oblio (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alan Barzman	...	Narrator / Father (second telecast)
Dustin Hoffman	...	Narrator / Father (first telecast)
Alan Thicke	...	Narrator / Father (third telecast)

Directed by
Fred Wolf

Writing credits
Harry Nilsson		(story) and
Carole Beers		(story) (as Carole A. Beers)
Harry Nilsson		(original fable)
Norm Lenzer		(screenplay)
Fred Wolf		(additional story development)

Produced by
Jerry D. Good	....	producer (as Jerry Good)
Larry Gordon	....	producer
Harry Nilsson	....	producer
Fred Wolf	....	producer
Jimmy T. Murakami	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Harry Nilsson

Film Editing by
Rich Harrison

Production Design by
Gary Lund

Production Management
Sherm Thompson	....	production manager

Sound Department
James L. Aicholtz	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Wally Bulloch	....	photography
Michael Gershman	....	photography
Jan Kiesser	....	photography
Paul Marron	....	photography
Louis Niemeyer	....	photography
Tony Rivetti	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Vincent Davis	....	additional animator
Wilma Guenot	....	graphic production
Ann Oliphant	....	graphic production
Fumiko R. Sommer	....	graphic production (as Fumiko Roche)
Charles Swenson	....	additional animator
Kunimi Terada	....	graphic production
Fred Wolf	....	animator
Elizabeth Wright	....	graphic production

Music Department
George Aliceson Tipton	....	conductor (as George Tipton)
George Aliceson Tipton	....	music arranger (as George Tipton)

Production Companies

• Murakami-Wolf Productions
• Nilsson House Music Inc.

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1971) (USA) (TV)
• Image Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• Music Video Distributors (MVD) (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Pacific Family Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Vestron Video International

Other Companies

• Wally Bulloch  photography
• Animation Camera Service  photography
• Bell Sound Studios  production sound recording (as Bell Sound Studios, Hollywood)
• T.V. Recorders  sound re-recording
• RCA Recording Studios  music recording (as RCA Studios, Hollywood)

Runtime:

USA:74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

Murakami-Wolf Productions

Trivia:

When the kids start selecting players for the triangle toss, they call for Harry, Fred, and Richard. They are in reference to Harry Nilsson (the singer/writer of the movie) Fred Wolf (the director) and Ringo Starr (the narrator, AKA Richard Starkey)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: To Cur with Love (#24.8)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Life Line

The Best Animated Movie Of Our Time

Any animated movie that comes out can not hold a straw to 1971's "The Point".

Harry Nillson wrote an incredible story, that comes along with excellent, singable songs that will live through the ages. The story is touching and the characters are wild.

The first time I saw it was the first time it came out, with Dustin Hoffman as the narrator. Now that it is on DVD, I wish that he was still the narrator, but Ringo does an incredible job as well and it does not detract from the story.

The point of this movie (no pun intended) is that everything has a point, and if everything has a point than thats rather pointless. You'll have to watch to understand. Every kid should watch it for a wonderful cartoon and every teenager/adult should watch it to learn a valuable, touching lesson.