Everybody Rides the Carousel

6.0 (6 votes)• 1976• 72m•Released

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"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.

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Languages: English

Director: John Hubley

Starring Cast: Alvin Epstein, Jenny Lumet, Meryl Streep, Pablo Casals, Dinah Manoff, Lawrence Pressman

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