Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
March 11, 1974Release Date
Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
March 11, 1974Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Marlo Thomas
Self - Host / Producer / Writer
Alan Alda
Self
Harry Belafonte
Self
Mel Brooks
Baby Boy (voice)
Rita Coolidge
Self
Billy De Wolfe
The Principal (voice)
Roberta Flack
Self / Young Girl
Rosey Grier
Self
Michael Jackson
Self / Young Boy
Kris Kristofferson
Self
Bobby Morse
Dudley Pippin (voice)
Tom Smothers
Self
Cicely Tyson
Self
Dionne Warwick
Self
Peter DuPre
Self
Stuart Pankin
Man in the Maternity Ward
Dustin Hoffman
Self (scenes deleted)
June Angela
Self (uncredited)
Carol Channing
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Rafer Johnson
Self (uncredited)
Ron Marshall
Voices (uncredited)
Diana Sands
Self (uncredited)
Betty Miles
Story
Bruce Hart
Writer
Jim Hanley
Editor
Lynn Masters
Hairstylist
Norman Steinberg
Writer / Supervising Producer
Carole Hart
Producer / Writer
Mary Rodgers
Story
Phil Ressner
Book
E. Thomas Case
Makeup Artist
Alan Uger
Writer
Shel Silverstein
Story
Craig McKay
Editor
Charlotte Zolotow
Book
Dan Greenburg
Story
Peter Stone
Story
Lucille Clifton
Story
Carl Reiner
Story
Frank L. Thompson
Costume Design
Herb Gardner
Story
Jerry D. Good
Executive In Charge Of Production
Dave Brain
Animation
Larry M. Davis
Assistant Director
Jim Hilton
Sound Mixer
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Len Steckler
Director
Bill Davis
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 11, 1974
StatusReleased
Running Time48m
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Free to Be... You and Me is a children's entertainment project, conceived, created and executive-produced by actress and author Marlo Thomas. Produced in collaboration with the Ms. Foundation for Women, it was a record album and illustrated book first released in November 1972 featuring songs and stories sung or told by celebrities of the day (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends") including Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, Roberta Flack, Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy, and Diana Ross. An ABC television special, also created by Thomas, using poetry, songs, and sketches, followed sixteen months later in March 1974. The basic concept was to encourage post-1960s gender neutrality, saluting values such as individuality, tolerance, and comfort with one's identity. A major thematic message is that anyone—whether a boy or a girl—can achieve anything.
In 2021, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.