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