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
HMS Seagull (1805) April 1806 she sent a Prussian galiot into the Downs. She was active in 1807 in the North Sea and the Downs and received prize money for the following captures, either alone or in company with other British vessels. In addition, she recaptured two ships: Lastly, "Seagull"s boats retrieved the "Dove", which they found drifting and derelict on 29 August 1807 off the coast of France. "Dove", of Weymouth, had a cargo of stone. "Seagull" brought her into the Downs. Lastly, "Seagull" recaptured the transport "Elizabeth", which three privateers had captured on 15 October. "Seagull" brought the "Elizabeth" into Dover.