Everybody Rides the Carousel

Everybody Rides the Carousel is a 1976 independent animated film based on Erikson's stages of psychosocial development. It was directed by John Hubley and written and produced by Hubley and his wife Faith.^[1] Among the cast are Meryl Streep, Dinah Manoff, and Lane Smith and other members of the Hubley Family. The film was broadcast on television by CBS on September 10, 1976.^[2] Cicely Tyson hosts the special.

Everybody Rides the Carousel
Directed by	John Hubley
Written by	John Hubley Faith Hubley
Produced by	John Hubley Faith Hubley
Music by	William Russo
Production company	Hubley Studios
Distributed by	Hubley Studios Image Entertainment (DVD)
Release date	10 September 1976 (1976-09-10)
Running time	72 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

This animated special follows the eight stages of human development, from birth to death, according to Erikson's Eight-Stage Theory Of Psychosocial Development. The stages are: trust versus mistrust (infancy), autonomy versus shame and doubt (toddlerhood), initiative versus guilt (young childhood), competence versus inferiority (middle childhood), identity versus role confusion (teenagehood), intimacy versus isolation (young adulthood), generativity versus stagnation (parenthood), and integrity versus despair (elderhood).

Cast

Prologue

• Alvin Epstein

Stage 1

• Judith Coburn
• Ray Hubley
• Lou Jacobi
• Lane Smith
• Eleanor Wilson

Stage 2

• Georgia Hubley
• Linda Washburn
• Maura Washburn
• Michael Washburn

Stage 3

• Emily Hubley
• Bruce E. Smith
• Jane E. Smith

Stage 4

• Leeds Atkinson
• Jenny Lumet

Stage 5

• Jo-Carroll Dennison

Stage 6

• Charles Levin
• Meryl Streep

Stage 7

• Per Bloland
• Dee Dee Bridgewater
• Tulani Bridgewater
• Pablo Casals
• Dinah Manoff
• Florence Miller
• George Miller
• Lawrence Pressman
• John Randolph
• Lanna Saunders
• William Watts

Stage 8

• Harry Edison
• Jack Gilford
• Jane Hoffman
• Juanita Moore

See also

• List of American films of 1975