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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| 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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Columnist Rex Reed was a visitor to the trouble-plagued set. Upon greeting Dame Elizabeth Taylor for the first time, Reed asked Taylor how she was holding up under pressure. "I've been through it all, baby", she told him. "I'm Mother Courage." See more »Connections
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EnglishRelease Date:
5 April 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Blue Bird See more »Filming Locations:
Lenfilm Studios, Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, Petrogradsky District, St. Petersburg, Russia See more »Edit
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I watched this last night, taped it off a TCM showing. This film is a lot better than reviewers said. I'd say it's a must-see for Elizabeth Taylor fans. She obviously enjoyed her roles. Patsy Kensit is simply adorable in this. The film has deep, yet surreally portrayed concepts involving life and death, sin and love. Certainly perfect for young children with a strong moral philosophy. The story is fantasy, some sets are better than others, it's all very colorful and has an early 19th century feel. If you are a student of set construction, choreography, ballet in film, or escapes to alternate realities, you will enjoy this perhaps more than you think you should.