The Blue Bird (1976)
7/10
Russian ballet dancers in a Hollywood family-film is magical
18 February 2024
A good family film that brings in elements of two films "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," and "The Wizard of Oz," and the book 'The Pilgrims Progress.' The cinematography is by the celebrated Russian Jonas Grisius, who had mesmerized us earlier with his works using black-and-white film stock. The film should stand out as Robert Morley's major performance as a bearded Father Time. Elizabeth Taylor dominates the film in multiple roles. Ava Gardner, Cicely Tyson and Jane Fonda have too short screen time to make an impact, compared to Ms. Taylor.

The IMDB credits state that scenes with. James Coco as Tylo the Dog were deleted--but he was vey much there in so many sequences in the version I watched..
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