Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film) his beliefs. Eventually, Jonathan himself ends up becoming a mentor for other seagulls who are suffering the same fates in their own flocks as he once did. Director Hall Bartlett first read the book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" in a San Fernando Valley barbershop when he impulsively decided to call the publisher, Macmillan, and then author Richard Bach, to buy the film rights. Bartlett suggested that the story needed to be told simply, without animation or actors, and acquired the property for $100,000 and fifty percent of the profits. He granted Bach final approval rights on the film and all advertising
Matthew Livingston Matthew Livingston Matthew Livingston is the fictional teenage detective who appears in a mystery series geared towards young readers and teenagers. The books are written by Marco Conelli, a retired detective in the NYPD and a literary award-winning author. Matthew Livingston first appeared in 2007 in his first mystery, "Matthew Livingston and the Prison of Souls." Although young adult appropriate, the Matthew Livingston books feature hard criminals, murderers, cults, and terrorists. The books also have a large following from adult readers. The idea came to Author Marco Conelli when he noticed a dormant section in the young adult mystery genre,