Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film) Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film) Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a 1973 American drama film directed by Hall Bartlett, adapted from the novella of the same name by Richard Bach. The film tells the story of a young seabird who, after being cast out by his stern flock, goes on an odyssey to discover how to break the limits of his own flying speed. The film was produced by filming actual seagulls, then superimposing human dialogue over it. The film's voice actors included James Franciscus in the title role, and Philip Ahn as his mentor, Chang. Whereas the original novella was a
Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull the book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"". Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull Eric Monkman (born c. 1988) and Bobby Seagull are academics and television personalities based in the United Kingdom. They came to fame as a result of appearances on the 2016–17 season of the BBC Two quiz show "University Challenge". Monkman was captain of the Wolfson College, Cambridge team, and Seagull was captain of the Emmanuel College, Cambridge team. They met in the semi-final where Wolfson won, but were beaten by Balliol College, Oxford in the final. They presented the BBC Radio 4 programme "Monkman and Seagull’s Polymathic Adventure", and wrote