Free to Be… You and Me

Free to Be… You and Me (1974)


  • Genre: Animation, Family, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1974-03-11
  • User Rating: 6.1/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 48min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Fred Wolf Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Len Steckler, Bill Davis, Fred Wolf.
star 6.1/10
From 7 Ratings

Summary

Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and illustrated book first released in November 1972, featuring songs and stories from many current celebrities of the day (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends") such as Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross, among others. An ABC Afterschool Special using poetry, songs, and sketches, followed two years later in March 1974. The basic concept is to encourage a post-60's gender neutrality, while saluting values such as individuality, tolerance, and happiness with one's identity. A major thematic message is that anyone, whether a boy or a girl, can achieve anything.

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  • Marlo Thomas

    as Self - Host

  • Alan Alda

    as Self

  • Harry Belafonte

    as Self

  • Mel Brooks

    as Baby Boy (voice)

  • Rita Coolidge

    as Self

  • Billy De Wolfe

    as The Principal (voice)

  • Roberta Flack

    as Self / Young Girl

  • Rosey Grier

    as Self

  • Michael Jackson

    as Self / Young Boy

  • Kris Kristofferson

    as Self

  • Bobby Morse

    as Dudley Pippin (voice)

  • Tom Smothers

    as Self

  • Cicely Tyson

    as Self

  • Dionne Warwick

    as Self

  • Peter DuPre

    as Self

  • Stuart Pankin

    as Man in the Maternity Ward

  • Dustin Hoffman

    as Self (scenes deleted)

  • June Angela

    as Self (uncredited)

  • Carol Channing

    as Self (voice) (uncredited)

  • Rafer Johnson

    as Self (uncredited)

  • Ron Marshall

    as Voices (uncredited)

  • Diana Sands

    as Self (uncredited)
Directing Len Steckler Director
Directing Bill Davis Director
Directing Fred Wolf Director
Writing Lucille Clifton Story
Writing Herb Gardner Story
Writing Dan Greenburg Story
Writing Carl Reiner Story
Writing Betty Miles Story
Writing Mary Rodgers Story
Writing Shel Silverstein Story
Writing Peter Stone Story
Writing Phil Ressner Book
Writing Charlotte Zolotow Book
Writing Bruce Hart Writer
Writing Norman Steinberg Writer
Writing Alan Uger Writer
Writing Carole Hart Writer
Writing Marlo Thomas Writer
Production Carole Hart Producer
Production Marlo Thomas Producer
Production Norman Steinberg Supervising Producer
Editing Jim Hanley Editor
Editing Craig McKay Editor
Costume & Make-Up Frank L. Thompson Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up E. Thomas Case Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Lynn Masters Hairstylist
Production Jerry D. Good Executive In Charge Of Production
Directing Larry M. Davis Assistant Director
Sound Lee Dichter Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Jim Hilton Sound Mixer
Visual Effects Dave Brain Animation

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