The Point

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Summary: Without the Point there is no Point!
Review: I grew up watching this movie and as I grew so did my views on the movie.It went from being a great cartoon with fun songs to a real moral message that our society needs to hear. So few movies these days are true family movies in the sense that everyone can get something out of it. Disney is great but the message that is sent through in The Point is one of such importance. I beg the powers that be to rerelese this movie so that others can see it, it is to important to be shut away

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Summary: One of the best
Review: I sincerely hope this video is re-released. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it with my children and would like the chance to watch it with my grandson. The simple truths expressed are needed today more than ever.

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Summary: Oblio has a point!
Review: This is such an endearing story, that becomes a family favorite and tradition. The quest for personal validation and self-worth is a very positive message for all who watch it. A delightful movie and worth the effort to find.

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Summary: The Point has a Wonderful Message
Review: I too saw The Point(1971) years ago and absolutely love the fresh and creative way this movie tells a story and is infused with such life learning. I strongly encourage the powers that be to re-release the video as soon as possible. I will continue to watch and wait for it to surface.

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Summary: The Point has a Wonderful Message
Review: I too saw The Point Years ago and absolutely love the fresh and creative way this movie tells a story and is infused with such life learning. I strongly encourage the powers that be to re-release the video as soon as possible. I will continue to watch and wait for it to surface.

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Summary: I can barely remember....
Review: ...when I saw this movie. I was at least 11-14 years old. It has remained with me through the years and I'm 35 now. I remember the message more than the plot of the movie itself. I, like others related so well to little Oblio and being banished to the Pointless Forest. I beg the powers that be to please re-release this fantastic movie. I'd love to share it with my children and hope that they, like myself, learn a very valuable lesson about accepting others views and celebrating our differences.

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Summary: the worlds loss [if not re-released]
Review: This masterpiece caught me on an evening while I was waiting for a friend to pick me up, to go out on a night of drunken debauchery. I was thrilled that he was late picking me up because otherwise I would have missed one of the most significant films about the importance of diversity in life. Hidden in an absolutely whimsical and lyrical piece of entertainment was a guide for human coexistance, no doubt lost to many viewers unfortunate as that may be. I hope that it is produced soon, in any format; I have sworn not to go DVD, but to have this great work of sixties type togetherness, I would buy one. Everyone should view it at least once in their life. Believe it or not I am not a relative of Harrys, just a patron of good social awareness. Thank you.

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Summary: One of my all-time favorites
Review: I saw this only once in my life, when it was originally broadcast in 1971 and I was home for summer vacation between my sophomore and junior years in college. It had an unbelievable impact on me that remains to this day. As pretty much a round-head in my life at the time (okay, still to this day<smile>), some of the songs (not to mention the message of the entire film) have really influenced my life.

Yes, Me and My Arrow were popularized by a car commercial but Think About Your Troubles and Life Line are incredibly powerful.

In the years since seeing the broadcast, I've purchased the LP, CD and am eagerly awating the day it's released on DVD. My SO has never seen it and I think it's almost imperative that people of all ages should. Its message of tolerance is so gently reinforced that it's in your head before you realize it.

What else can I say? As far as I know, it was only shown on TV one time. Such a pity. In my humble opinion, it should be broadcast on at least a yearly basis. The essential message that 'everything and everyone' has a point (regardless of how hidden) has been true not only since 1971 but will remain the same as long as we're here.

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Summary: getting to the point
Review: i am always telling my children about this movie (now ages 30 &33) but they don't remember it & now i have a 12year old granddaughter i would like to share it with. i loved this movie and was so elated when i finally found it the web but so let down when i found it unavailable. help!

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Summary: It's the guy who did the music to Popeye!
Review: This is one of the most beautiful children's epics. First off, it's all musical, like Yellow Submarine. Second, all the music is written and sung by Harry Nilson, who also did all of the music to the movie Popeye. The music is classically his - very 60's, kinda silly, and very gentle (Can't live if livin' is without you & You put the lime in the coconut and mix it all up). And the movie itself is also very sweet and very gentle (Did I say gentle again?). The animation is somewhat simple and homemade, but its simplicity ties in well and reenforces the simplicity of the logic of the moral of the story. It's the classic story of a father trying to put his little boy to bed by telling him a bedtime story. The story is about another little boy, Oblio, who is born in a village where everybody and everything has a point on it, a physical point. Oblio, unfortunately, is the only resident without a point on his head. He is chastized for this major defect by a horrible, but powerful Count who's son is his rival. This despite the fact that everyone else loves his sweet and outgoing nature. Oblio is soon banished to the Pointless Forest where he meets other pointless people, later to come back and prove how pointless indeed the pointed law is - that he in fact does have a point to make. So as you see, as the dad in it says, "You don't have to have a point to have a point." Did I make my point? [e-mail]