A pair of peasant children, Mytyl ( Patsy Kensit ) and her brother Tyltyl ( Todd Lookinland ), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the ...
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Title: The Blue Bird (1976)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Mother / Witch / Light / Maternal Love | |
| Jane Fonda | ... | The Night | |
| Cicely Tyson | ... | Tylette | |
| Ava Gardner | ... | Luxury | |
| Todd Lookinland | ... | Tyltyl | |
| Patsy Kensit | ... | Mytyl | |
| Will Geer | ... | Grandfather | |
| Mona Washbourne | ... | Grandmother | |
| Robert Morley | ... | Father Time | |
| Harry Andrews | ... | Oak | |
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George Cole | ... | Tylo |
| Richard Pearson | ... | Bread | |
| Steven Warner | ... | Children of the Future | |
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Monique Potter | ... | Children of the Future (as Monique Kaufman) |
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Russell Lewis | ... | Children of the Future |
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A pair of peasant children, Mytyl ( Patsy Kensit ) and her brother Tyltyl ( Todd Lookinland ), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire (Yevgeni Shcherbakov), Bread (Richard Pearson), and other entities. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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soup | grandfather granddaughter relationship | dead animal | grandfather grandson relationship | grandmother granddaughter relationship |Taglines:
A cavalcade of magic. A carnival of fun. The Blue Bird is magic for everyone.Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
5 April 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Lenfilm Studios, Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, Petrogradsky District, St. Petersburg, Russia See more »Edit
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$12,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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I love this film and it is my favourite film of all time. I think the cast, costumes and music are all original and brilliant. I cannot fault this film.It was introduced to me as a young child by my grandmother and I'm now 25 and i still enjoy watching it.This film makes me happy, i am an artist and have been so inspired by this movie. My grandmother prefers the b&w version - with Shirley Temple. I love this version, it contains some of the worlds most beautiful women: Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardener.It's true that this film is a little quirky and has some surreal scenes, but this only adds to the genius of it. I only wish that i had created this film, it's totally artistic and creative. A beautiful masterpiece.