USA, 1971
mono, English
Reviewed at The EOFFTV Review
An American animated fantasy television film directed by Fred Wolf. Different releases of the film have featured different narrators.
Plot Summary
In a land where everyone is born with a pointy head, Oblio is born with a rounded head. Initially he hides his difference under a pointy hat but when his secret is revealed he is banished from the town. With just a dog, Arrow, for company he meets a lot of strange characters and learns something about discrimination and tolerance.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Fred Wolf
© [not given on screen]
Nilsson House Music Inc., Murakami Wolf Productions Inc. [opening credits] A production of Nilsson House Music Inc., Murakami Wolf Productions Inc. [closing credits]
Produced by: Jerry Good, Larry Gordon, Harry Nilsson, Fred Wolf
Production Manager: Sherm Thompson
Screenplay by: Norm Lenzer
Story by: Harry Nilsson and Carole A. Beers
Based upon an original fable by Harry Nilsson
Additional Story Development by: Fred Wolf
Animated by: Fred Wolf
Graphic Production: Kunimi Terada, Fumiko Roche, Elizabeth Wright, Wilma Guenot, Ann Oliphant
Additional Animation: Vincent Davis, Charles Swenson
Photography: Wally Bulloch Animation Camera Service, Michael Gershman, Louis Niemeyer, Paul Marron, Jan Kiesser
Film Edited by: Rich Harrison
Color by DeLuxe
Music Arranged and Conducted by: George Tipton
Music Recording: RCA Studios, Hollywood
Songs Written and Sung by: Harry Nilsson
Production Recording: Bell Sound Studios, Hollywood
Re-recording: TV/Recorders, James L. Aicholtz
Production Design by: Gary Lund
Voices
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman [first television broadcast]
Narrated by Alan Barzman [second television broadcast]
Narrated by Alan Thicke [third television broadcast]
Narrated by Ringo Starr
Voice talent
Paul Frees
Lennie Weinrib
Bill Martin
Buddy Foster
Joan Gerber
Mike Lookinland as “Oblio”
