The Point movie, one of the best animated movies ever made, based on a story by Harry Nilsson and Carole A. Beers from an original fable by Harry Nilsson, about a little and brave boy named Oblio, the only round-headed person from a tiny village, "Pointed Village", where everything - the houses, the carts, the bridges, the vine - had points and by law everyone and everything had to have a point. But in the Pointless Forest, he learned from the Rock Man that "You don't have to have a point to have a point".
The Point Oblio movie plot:
All was fine in the Pointed Village with Oblio until one day when he bit the Count's son in a game of Triangle Toss. In a fit of rage, the Count confronts the King (a harmless old fellow, decent but a very ordinary man) to reaffirm the law of the land, which states that those who are pointless must be banished from the kingdom and into the Pointless Forest. A jury reluctantly convicts both Oblio and his dog Arrow, leaving the king no choice but to send the pair away. Oblio and Arrow are sent to the Pointless Forest, but soon discover that even the Pointless Forest has a point. They meet curious creatures like giant bees, a "pointed man" pointing in all directions who proclaims "A point in every direction is the same as no point at all", a man made of rock who helps Oblio see that everyone has a point. Oblio and Arrow spend the night in the Pointless Forest, and then awaken to a large stone hand with the finger pointing to their "destination". They take the road indicated by the hand and make their way back to the Land of Point, where they receive a heroes' welcome from the land's citizens, and the King. Oblio tells the King and the people of the land that everything has a point, including the Pointless Forest, and himself. Upon this revelation, the points of everyone else in the land disappeared, and pointed buildings became round. "And people started to assume that every men have some kind of a point."
The Point Oblio movie cast as voice:
Mike Lookinland as Oblio, Ringo Starr as Narrator, Father; Paul Frees as Pointed Man's Right Head, King, Leaf Man, Villagers; Lennie Weinrib as Count; Bill Martin as Rock Man, Buddy Foster as Count's Son; Joan Gerber as Oblio's Mother.
The Point Oblio movie songs was written and sung by Harry Nilsson.
The Point Oblio movie production:
Produced by Jerry D. Good, Larry Gordon, Harry Nilsson, Fred Wolf, Jimmy T. Murakami
Animation Department: Vincent Davis, Wilma Guenot, Ann Oliphant, Fumiko R. Sommer, Charles Swenson, Kunimi Terada, Fred Wolf, Elizabeth Wright.
Film Editing by Rich Harrison
Production Design by Gary Lund
Production Management by Sherm Thompson
Sound Department by James L. Aicholtz
Camera and Electrical Department by Wally Bulloch, Michael Gershman, Jan Kiesser,
Paul Marron, Louis Niemeyer, Tony Rivetti
The Point Oblio movie reviews:
"The Point is one of the best animated movies ever made. It's not as highly tech. as today’s standards. But do kids really care?"
"Fantastic story, great tunes for kids and us. I really enjoyed watching this along with my kids. Oblio is such a great example, he keeps a great positive attitude and open mind. He's not afraid to go it alone and learn along the way, and the music is excellent. Remember this is hand animated and probably on a small budget, but with excellent results."
"The point is just because someone is different than you don’t judge them differently. Like the rock man says: Be cool, and open your mind."
"Great music, great storyline and a great moral lesson".
"It makes long life parent-child memories. Parents should not miss sharing this adorable story with their little ones."
The Point Oblio movie quotes:
Once upon a time, a long way from here and a long way from now, in a tiny village where everything, the houses, the carts, the bridges, the vine, everything, all had points on them. In fact, it was so full of points that even the people had points right top in theirs heads.
Oblio: And after all, what's a big deal to have a point on your had? Nothing against you, Arrow. You're great. But I saw that the things it contains the head are a lot more important.
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The Point Oblio movie quotes:
And didn't seem strange at all because that's the way like was in the village. That the way it always has been and for all anybody knew, that's the way it always would be.
The main activity in the village was making points.
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And then, one day a very unusual thing happened in the village. A little baby was born, a boy named Oblio.
What was unusual, was that Oblio, as any other baby born that day or other day, had no point. He had no point at all.
Count's Son: Triangle Toss is for people with the pointed had.
The King was a harmless old fellow, a decent but very ordinary man.
It remains without question that Oblio by his near round existence he is violation of the law.
Oblio: But what a Pointed Man doing in a Pointless Forest?
Oblio: But I cann't see that...
Rock Man: You'll see what you want to see. Did you ever see a dinosaur?
Oblio: No.
Rock Man: Ever see a pterodactyl?
Oblio: No.
Rock Man: Well, that it. You see what you want to see. You must open your mind, not only your eyes.Here is a link: You don't have to have a point to have a point.
Oblio: This is the Pointless Forest, isn't it?
Leaf Man: Pointless? Pointless? Just look at those leaves. Each is more important than the last. I tell you this is the most pointed collection of...
Oblio: Then, you're a collector?
Leaf Man: A collector? Are you joking? Whoever heard an grown man going around collecting leaves?
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Pointed Man: You find the concept simply conceptualize?
Oblio: Well, yes.
Pointed Man: This is grammar.
Oblio: It started when we meet mister Rock Man.
The King: Will you be quiet, Count? I want to hear Oblio.
Oblio: Well, the fact is that everything I have seen have a point: the leaves, the trees, everyting.
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The Point Oblio movie songs lyrics
"Everything's Got 'Em" song lyrics
by Harry Nilsson
This is the town and these are the people
This is the town where The People all stay
This is the town and these are The People
That's the way they wanted it,
That's the way it's going to stay.
Everything's got 'em
Everything needs one
Wouldn't be without one
Everything has one
This is the town and these are the people
This is the town where the people all stay
That's the way they wanted it,
That's the way it's going to stay.
"Me And My Arrow" song lyrics
by Harry Nilsson
Me and my arrow
Straighter than narrow
Wherever we go, everyone knows
It's me and my arrow
Me and my arrow
Taking the high road
Wherever we go, everyone knows
It's me and my arrow
And in the morning when I wake up
She may be gone, I don't know
And if we make up just to break up
I'll carry on, oh yes I will
Me and my arrow,
Straighter than narrow
Wherever we go, everyone knows
It's me and my arrow
"Poli High" song lyrics
by Harry Nilsson
Poli-high, Poli-Technically High,
Valley Low, Valley Low, Valley High
Had a game, had a game, had a technical game,
By the name, by the name, called a technical game,
Valley High, Valley High, Valley High
Poli, Low
Then de whistle blow
Second half, second half, Poli come from behind.
Hold that line, Hold that line, Hold that line,
Far to go, going, slow, Poli come from behind.
Running out of the time.
Number Two, dressed in blue,
Make a run with the ball,
Hurry up Poli, pass Valley by
Then the rain start to fall,
Making fools of them all
And so it ends in a technical tie.
"Think About Your Troubles" song lyrics
by Harry Nilsson
Sit beside the breakfast table
Think about your troubles
Put yourself a cup of tea
And think about the bubbles
You can take your teardrops
And drop them in a teacup
Take them down to the riverside
And throw them over the side
To be swept up by a current
And taken to the ocean
To be eaten by some fishes
Who were eaten by some fishes
And swallowed by a whale
Who grew so old
He decomposed
He died and left his body
To the bottom of the ocean
Now everybody knows
That when a body decomposes
The basic elements
Are given back to the ocean
And the sea does what it oughta
And soon there's salty water
That's not too good for drinking
'Cause it tastes just like a teardrop
So they run it through a filter
And it comes out from a faucet
And is poured into a teapot
Which is just about to bubble
Now think about your troubles
"Life Line" song lyrics
by Harry Nilsson
Down to the bottom,
Hello! Is there anybody else here?
It's cold and I'm so lonely,
Hello! Is there anybody else here?
Hello!
Won't you throw me down a Life Line?
I'm so afraid of darkness,
And down here it's just like night time.
Oobelie, Ooobely, Oogolie, Oogolie,
Are all around me.
Hello!
Will you please send down a Life Line?
Down,
And there isn't any hope for me,
Unless this dream which seems so real,
Is just a fantasy.
"P.O.V. Waltz" song lyrics
by Harry Nilsson
And suddenly
The strangest things are happening
I hope it's not the last time
Last time
I had a drink or two
An hour so ago
It made me think of you
And now I know it's not the last time
Last time
Flying high up in the sky
I wonder why
I think I'm gonna fall
Think I'm gonna fall
There I go again, I'm up again, there I go again
I hope this isn't all.
Hey, as long as were up here
We might as well stay
In sweet harmony
Flying high up in the sky
I wonder why I have to have another
Point of view
To see me through
And now I think i'm gonna fall
I hope this isn't all
And on top of that I hope it's not the last time
"Are You Sleeping?" song lyrics
by Harry Nilsson
Are you sleeping, can you hear me
Do you know if I am by your side
Does it matter if you hear me
When the morning comes I'll be there by your side
And in the morning when I wake up
She may be telling me good-bye,
And in the evening if we break up
I'm wondering why, I'm wondering why.
There was a time, we had a time
There was a time, we had a time
There was a time, there was a time
When you were mine
We had a time, we had a time
We had a time, oh what a time
There was a time, there was a time
When you were mine
And in the evening if we go out
Night time will find us at the show
Or we may decide to stay inside
You never know, you never know
Are you sleeping, can you hear me
Do you know if I am by your side
Does it matter if you hear me
When the morning comes I'll be there by your side
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