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The Blue Bird is a 1976 fantasy adventure film directed by George Cukor. The production involved the United States and the Soviet Union, with 20th Century Studios and Lenfilm serving as production companies. The cast includes Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, and Cicely Tyson. Screenwriters for the project were Aleksei Kapler, Alfred Hayes, and Hugh Whitemore.
The film features music by Irwin Kostal, Andrey Petrov, and Lionel Newman. It was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Disney+ in video on demand format. The runtime is listed as 95 or 99 minutes. The budget was 12000000, and the revenue was 3500000. The movie has a review score of 0% and an IMDb rating of 5.4.
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Film · TMDB
5.5Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
Cast
- Patsy Kensit as Mytyl
- Todd Lookinland as Tyltyl
- Elizabeth Taylor as Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love
- Jane Fonda as The Night
- Cicely Tyson as Tylette
- Ava Gardner as Luxury
Themes
- fairy tale
- peasant
- musical
- based on fairy tale
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- family film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Russian
- Director
- George Cukor
- Screenwriter
- Alfred Hayes
- Cast member
- Richard Pearson
- Composer
- Lionel Newman
- Producer
- Paul Maslansky
- Production company
- Lenfilm
- Cinematographer
- Jonas Gricius
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 197934
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1978-12-21
- title
- Синяя птица
- capital cost
- 12000000
- distributed by
- Disney+
- manifestation of
- Soviet Union–United States relations
- review score
- 0%
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