| Heidi's Song | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Taylor |
| Written by | Joseph Barbera Robert Taylor Jameson Brewer |
| Based on | Heidi by Johanna Spyri |
| Produced by | Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
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| Cinematography | Jerry Mills |
| Edited by | Greg V. Watson |
| Music by | Hoyt S. Curtin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (North America) PSO International (International) |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million[1] |
| Box office | $5,124,391[2] |
Heidi's Song is a 1982 American animated musical film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and based on the 1881 novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri.[3] The film was directed by Robert Taylor from a screenplay by Taylor, Joseph Barbera and Jameson Brewer, and stars Margery Gray as the title character, alongside the voices of Lorne Greene and Sammy Davis Jr.[4] It is one of only four films Hanna-Barbera ever made that did not feature their trademark characters (along with Charlotte's Web, C.H.O.M.P.S., and Once Upon a Forest).
The film was released on November 19, 1982 by Paramount Pictures.[5] Its box office receipts were disappointing, attributed by Joseph Barbera to incompetent distribution; the film was released the same week as two other animated features.[6]
- ^ AFI|Catalog
- ^ Box Office Mojo
- ^ Hanna-Barbera's "Heidi's Song" (1982) on Records|Cartoon Research
- ^ Trailer posted by Video Detective on YouTube
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 183. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 209. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.