Ultimately infighting between Bach and the pro-mouth-movement studio honchos who wanted to retrofit the movie after its release resulted in the demise of the theatrical release within a few weeks of opening. Alas, the movie studio seemed to be populated by the latter group. Those viewers with no thought of higher principles or those looking for an animal movie may conversely wish they had never heard of it. Those viewers who keep an eye toward those subtle metaphysical principles will recognize the jewel at the heart of the movie.
Like the book of the same name, the movie is actually a metaphor about people and life and the pursuit of learning and something better than "pack mentality". The story is presented through the persona of seagulls, but it is NOT about seagulls. In fact, Richard Bach, the writer, fought tooth and nail to prevent exactly that Disney influence in the face of a studio that wanted to add animated fake mouth movements over the photography of the seagulls. One must keep in mind when viewing this film that if you expect it to be a Disney story about seagulls, then you are going to be gravely disappointed. Age does take it's toll on our opinions and we're 32 years down the line, hence my rating's decline from perfection.
If I was rating this movie back in 1973 when I saw the film in the theater on opening day, then it would have been a 10.
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