The Blue Bird | | Cast : | Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner, Margarita Terekhova, Georgy Vitsin, Oleg Popov, Nadezhda Pavlova, Todd Lookingland | | Director : | George Cukor | | Studio : | Ruscico | | Format : | NTSC, Import, Color, Full Screen | | Released Date : | , 1976 | | DVD Released Date : | | | Language : | Russian (Unknown), English (Unknown), French (Unknown), English (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | November 25, 2004 | | Summary | Blue Bird | Content
 | Hey Folks,
This is one of the best family movies I have ever seen! It was 20 years ago, in the "old" country, and I am not Russian - so there is no patriotism here.
The story is fantasic, the cast is at their best, and the Russian cinematogrpahy in adapting fairy tales has a long and excellent tradition.
This is a movie about values in life, about searching for happiness and the meaning of life, and I am extatic it is now available on DVD. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 20, 2004 | | Summary | Unlike anything you're likely to see... | Content
| George Cukor's THE BLUE BIRD was a monumental dud on its initial release, grossing less than $900,000. For the 28 years since it was first shown, the only way to see the film was most likely through pain-in-the-neck special arrangement with 20th Century Fox, who probably liked to think the film was never made. But now, it is available on DVD from the great RUSCICO, and last night I watched the first 3 chapters of the DVD.
And let me say this-it is one of a kind.
Liz Taylor sends her kids to bed early because the ran across a bridge, and then they fall asleep in 30 seconds (in broad daylight, no less) and they don't get to eat the cole slaw mush Mommy brings for them. Mommy then turns into a stoned witch and hobbles round whining about a Blue Bird.
You know what you're in for by now. But it's hard to let go of the amazingly weird movie. |
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