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"Everybody Rides the Carousel" invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of this century, the film explores the inner feelings and conflicted emotions experienced during each stage of personality development. With distinctive and poetic animation, John and Faith Hubley visualize the conflicts, joys, problems and delights we all experience on the carousel of life.
35 Cast Members
Alvin Epstein
Prologue (voice)
Jenny Lumet
Stage 4 (voice)
Meryl Streep
Stage 6 (voice)
Pablo Casals
Stage 7 (voice)
Dinah Manoff
Stage 7 (voice)
Lawrence Pressman
Stage 7 (voice)
John Randolph
Stage 7 (voice)
Jack Gilford
Stage 8 (voice)
Juanita Moore
Stage 8 (voice)
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Stage 7 (voice)
Lou Jacobi
Stage 1 (voice)
Judith Coburn
Stage 1 (voice)
Ray Hubley
Stage 1 (voice)
Lane Smith
Stage 1 (voice)
Eleanor Wilson
Stage 1 (voice)
Charles Levin
Stage 6 (voice)
Georgia Hubley
Stage 2 (voice)
Linda Washburn
Stage 2 (Voice)
Maura Washburn
Stage 2 (voice)
Michael Washburn
Stage 2 (voice)
