A father tells his son a bedtime story about young Oblio (Mike Lookinland), who believes that having no point in the fantastical kingdom of pointed heads and things, still has a point.
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Title: The Point (1971)
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| Complete credited 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) | |
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Joan Gerber | ... | Oblio's Mother (voice) |
| Mike Lookinland | ... | Oblio (voice) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Alan Barzman | ... | Narrator / Father (second telecast) |
| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Narrator / Father (First Telecast) | |
| Alan Thicke | ... | Narrator / Father (third telecast) | |
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An animated story of an unusual kingdom in which everything and everybody is pointed, except for a young boy named Oblio (Mike Lookinland). Despite his round head, Oblio has many friends. But an evil Count (Lennie Weinrib), jealous that Oblio is more popular than his own son (Buddy Foster), says that without a pointed head, Oblio is an outlaw. Along with his faithful dog Arrow, Oblio is exiled to the Pointless Forest. There, he has many fantastic experiences (including encounters with a three-headed man, giant bees, a tree in the leaf-selling business (Paul Frees), and a good-humored old rock (Bill Martin)). From his adventures, Oblio learns that it is not at all necessary to be pointed to have a point in life. Music composed and performed by Harry Nilsson ("Me and My Arrow"), who also wrote the story. Written by alfiehitchie
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When the kids start selecting players for the triangle toss, they call for Harry, Fred, and Richard. They are in reference to singer and Writer Harry Nilsson, Director Fred Wolf, and Narrator Sir Ringo Starr a.k.a. Richard Starkey. See more »Quotes
Narrator: Once upon a time, a long way from here, and a long way from now, there was a tiny village where everything, the houses and the carts, the bridges and the barns, everything, all had points on them. In fact, it was so full of points, that even the people had points! The people, right there on top of their heads! And it didn't seem strange at all, because that's the way life was in the village. That's the way it always had been, and for all anybody knew, that's the way it always would be.See more »
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.