It's Tough to Be a Bird

It's Tough to Be a Bird is an American animated short film part of Ward Kimball from the year 1969.

Action

A bird flies, the morning mood by whistling in the air and is shot suddenly. Slightly charred arrived on the ground, he agrees to the title It's Tough to Be a Bird on, in which he complained about the mistreatment of birds by people, including the use of eggs as food. The bird then proceeds to introduce the story of the birds. They started as a fish -like creature called Ostracodermi, which developed into a Lobefin ​​from which a continuous Tetrapoda was, finally, a running Thecodontia, then a climbing proavis and finally the bird-like Archaeopteryx. The suffering of the birds, however, began to fly with the first cavemen and their disability.

Here are some explanations of proverbs and sayings (to chicken out ) and myths about birds, such as the order phoenix from the ashes. The conversation turns to Icarus and fly his experiments, the significance of the dove of Noah's Ark and the influence of birds on the literature, shown on Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, as well as the music. From rehearsed scenes earlier flight tests of the people it continues to extinct birds and endangered species from extinction. The following is an article with real scenes to the National Audubon Society, which is dedicated to the protection of birds. From the beautiful birds it goes to the uglier, as the buzzard. The conversation turns to the small town of Hinckley, Ohio, and its annual Buzzard Sunday, and ends with different Trick Mondays at birds and their eggs.

Production

It's Tough to Be a Bird was released in theaters on December 10, 1969. The film consists of live-action and animated scenes. The music was written by George Bruns, the songs, like the eponymous It's Tough to Be a Bird were written by Mel Leven. The Title When the Birds Return to Hinckley Rich is sung by soprano Ruth Buzzi. The spokesperson of the film is Richard Bakalyan.

Awards

It's Tough to Be a Bird won the 1970 Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film ". The film was nominated for a British Film Award for Best Animated film, but could not prevail against Henry 9 ' til 5,.