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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973 · 99 min

A serene, earnest flight of fancy that asks you to slow down and reflect, with soaring imagery and a gentle spiritual hum.

Directed by: Hall Bartlett
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: James Franciscus, Juliet Mills, Philip Ahn

Tagline: Everyone's Book Is Now Everyone's Motion Picture
Overview: Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.

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Directed by: Hall Bartlett
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: James Franciscus, Juliet Mills, Philip Ahn

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: freedom
identity
isolation
faith
redemption
Places: sea
wilderness
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, family
Directed by: Hall Bartlett
Written by: Hall Bartlett
Starring: James Franciscus, Juliet Mills, Philip Ahn, David Ladd, Dorothy McGuire, Richard Crenna, Kelly Harmon, Hal Holbrook
Music: Lee Holdridge, Neil Diamond
Cinematography: Jack Couffer
Runtime: 99 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: Hungarian, English

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