PropertyValue
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • It's Tough to Be a Bird
rdfs:comment
  • In the short, a red bird explains how birds have contributed to human culture, even as people often try to kill them. He claims this may be because humans were jealous that birds could fly but people cannot, mentioning the legend of Icarus and films of early unsuccessful flying machines. In DTV Disney in the 1980s, this short was set to Bobby Day's cover of "Rockin' Robin".
  • It's Tough to Be a Bird is a 1969 educational animated short made by Walt Disney Productions. It won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons in 1970 and was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Animated Film in 1971. It was animated by Eric Larson and Art Stevens. In the short, a red bird explains how birds have contributed to human culture, even as people often try to kill them. He claims this may be because humans were jealous that birds could fly but people cannot, mentioning the legend of Icarus and films of early unsuccessful flying machines.
owl:sameAs
dcterms:subject
Writer1
  • Ward Kimball
  • Ted Berman
Writer1
  • Ward Kimball
  • Ted Berman
dbkwik:crossgen-comics-database/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbkwik:disney/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbkwik:heykidscomics/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate
Producer
  • Walt Disney
Name
  • It's Tough to Be a Bird
Language
  • English
imagewidth
  • 250
Music
  • George Bruns
Studio
  • Walt Disney Productions
Distributor
  • Buena Vista Distribution Company
Release
  • 1969-12-10
Time
  • 1260.0
Writer
  • Ward Kimball
  • Ted Berman
Director
  • Ward Kimball
abstract
  • In the short, a red bird explains how birds have contributed to human culture, even as people often try to kill them. He claims this may be because humans were jealous that birds could fly but people cannot, mentioning the legend of Icarus and films of early unsuccessful flying machines. In DTV Disney in the 1980s, this short was set to Bobby Day's cover of "Rockin' Robin".
  • It's Tough to Be a Bird is a 1969 educational animated short made by Walt Disney Productions. It won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons in 1970 and was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Animated Film in 1971. It was animated by Eric Larson and Art Stevens. In the short, a red bird explains how birds have contributed to human culture, even as people often try to kill them. He claims this may be because humans were jealous that birds could fly but people cannot, mentioning the legend of Icarus and films of early unsuccessful flying machines. In DTV Disney in the 1980s, this short was set to Bobby Day's cover of "Rockin' Robin".