| The Cosmic Eye | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Faith Hubley | 
| Produced by | Faith Hubley | 
| Starring | Dizzy Gillespie Maureen Stapleton Jack Warden  | 
| Music by | Benny Carter Elizabeth Swados Dizzy Gillespie Conrad Cummings William Russo  | 
Production company  | Hubley Studio  | 
| Distributed by | Upfront | 
Release date  | 
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Running time  | 72 minutes | 
| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
The Cosmic Eye is a 1986 American animated science fiction film directed by Faith Hubley and featuring the voices of Dizzy Gillespie, Maureen Stapleton and Jack Warden.[1]
Plot
A trio of homeward-bound space musicians, suffering from acute nostalgia on their space boat The Cosmic Eye, decided to take a turn over the Milky Way and sympathetically helping Earth while watching several films about contacting life in the cosmos and yearning for peace.[2][3]
Voice cast
- Dizzy Gillespie as Musician/Father Time
 - Linda Atkinson as Musician
 - Sam Hubley as Musician
 - Maureen Stapleton as Mother Time
 - Jack Warden as Rocko
 
Release
The film was released on VHS from Walt Disney Home Video in November 1985, but 7 months before the theatrically in New York City on June 6, 1986.[4]
Reception
Vincent Canby of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, calling it “an unusually pretty film but, like its title, it's also a bit intimidating.”[4]
Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review, writing that it “is as joyous and heartening a movie as you’ll find all year. This eye winks, flutters, stares unabashedly and sees to the heart.”[5]
See also
- Moonbird - The 1959 Academy Award for Best Animated Short winner that is featured on the 1986 film
 
References
- ↑ Turner Classic Movies
 - ↑ Sundance Institute
 - ↑ BAM
 - 1 2 Canby, Vincent (June 6, 1986). "SCREEN: 'COSMIC EYE,' ANIMATION AND MUSIC". The New York Times. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
 - ↑ Wilmington, Michael (November 18, 1986). "MOVIE REVIEW : A BIG, WARM, WONDERFUL WORLD IN 'COSMIC EYE'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 25, 2021.