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5.2/10   773 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Hall Bartlett (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 October 1973 (USA) more
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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
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Seven Scores: Lee Holdridge - East of Eden
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Quite Original more (29 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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Runtime:
120 min | USA:99 min (DVD)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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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. more
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Chang: Heaven isn't a place; heaven is perfection. more
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Flight of The Gull more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Quite Original, 3 June 2002
7/10
Author: alturhao from Portugal

OK, so it's not a masterpiece, but it has its moments. At least it's quite original, which is a quality most people don't have... The shots with the seagulls are well achieved, as well the the natural landscapes. The dialogues are a bit basic and one can sense the difficulty of selecting passages from the book (which is magnificent) to put in the movie. It tends to be a little boring towards the end, but it's a one-of. I think everyone who likes movies should see it. As for the music... I think it's suited and powerful enough. BE is a very nice piece. See the movie. (6,5 / 10)

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