Everybody Rides the Carousel (1976)

6.4/10 • 72 min • Animation Drama TV Movie

Overview

"Everybody Rides the Carousel" invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of this century, the film explores the inner feelings and conflicted emotions experienced during each stage of personality development. With distinctive and poetic animation, John and Faith Hubley visualize the conflicts, joys, problems and delights we all experience on the carousel of life.

Cast

Alvin Epstein

Prologue (voice)

Jenny Lumet

Stage 4 (voice)

Meryl Streep

Stage 6 (voice)

Dinah Manoff

Stage 7 (voice)

Lawrence Pressman

Stage 7 (voice)

John Randolph

Stage 7 (voice)

Jack Gilford

Stage 8 (voice)

Juanita Moore

Stage 8 (voice)

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Stage 7 (voice)

Lou Jacobi

Stage 1 (voice)

Lane Smith

Stage 1 (voice)

Eleanor Wilson

Stage 1 (voice)

Charles Levin

Stage 6 (voice)

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