Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
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Free to Be…You and Me, een project van de Ms. Foundation for Women, is een platenalbum en een geïllustreerd boek dat voor het eerst werd uitgebracht in november 1972, met liedjes en verhalen van veel huidige beroemdheden van die tijd (gecrediteerd als 'Marlo Thomas en Friends') zoals onder meer Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson en Diana Ross. Een ABC Afterschool Special met poëzie, liedjes en sketches volgde twee jaar later, in maart 1974. Het basisconcept is het aanmoedigen van de genderneutraliteit van na de jaren 60, terwijl waarden als individualiteit, tolerantie en geluk met iemands identiteit worden geëerbiedigd. Een belangrijke thematische boodschap is dat iedereen, of het nu een jongen of een meisje is, alles kan bereiken.
Regiseurs: Len Steckler, Bill Davis, Fred Wolf.
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Marlo Thomas as Self - Host |
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Alan Alda as Self |
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Harry Belafonte as Self |
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Mel Brooks as Baby Boy (voice) |
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Rita Coolidge as Self |
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Billy De Wolfe as The Principal (voice) |
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Roberta Flack as Self / Young Girl |
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Rosey Grier as Self |
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Michael Jackson as Self / Young Boy |
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Kris Kristofferson as Self |
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Bobby Morse as Dudley Pippin (voice) |
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Tom Smothers as Self |
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Cicely Tyson as Self |
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Dionne Warwick as Self |
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Peter DuPre as Self |
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Stuart Pankin as Man in the Maternity Ward |
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Dustin Hoffman as Self (scenes deleted) |
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June Angela as Self (uncredited) |
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Carol Channing as Self (voice) (uncredited) |
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Rafer Johnson as Self (uncredited) |
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Ron Marshall as Voices (uncredited) |
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Diana Sands as Self (uncredited) |
| Writing | Betty Miles | Story |
| Writing | Bruce Hart | Writer |
| Editing | Jim Hanley | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Masters | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Norman Steinberg | Writer |
| Production | Carole Hart | Producer |
| Writing | Mary Rodgers | Story |
| Writing | Phil Ressner | Book |
| Production | Norman Steinberg | Supervising Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | E. Thomas Case | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Alan Uger | Writer |
| Writing | Shel Silverstein | Story |
| Writing | Carole Hart | Writer |
| Editing | Craig McKay | Editor |
| Writing | Charlotte Zolotow | Book |
| Production | Marlo Thomas | Producer |
| Writing | Dan Greenburg | Story |
| Writing | Peter Stone | Story |
| Writing | Marlo Thomas | Writer |
| Writing | Lucille Clifton | Story |
| Writing | Carl Reiner | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank L. Thompson | Costume Design |
| Writing | Herb Gardner | Story |
| Production | Jerry D. Good | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Visual Effects | Dave Brain | Animation |
| Directing | Larry M. Davis | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jim Hilton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Lee Dichter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Len Steckler | Director |
| Directing | Bill Davis | Director |
| Directing | Fred Wolf | Director |