mrmstr123 ... I remember watching this movie before I went into the US Navy and swearing I would not tell anyone about the tears it brought to the eyes of myself, my mother and amazingly my father who would cry for no one. But what takes me back to this story, time and again, is the music of a British band from the same era, Camel. Camel produced a musical tribute to the story using the same title, "The Snow Goose". Unlike most progressive rock bands of the era, the members of the band knew how to compose music to represent the stories characters and intertwine those themes into a progressive rock opera to carry your mind into the heart of the story and bring back those tears caused while watching the movie...

dude-353 This was my very favorite movie as a young kid. It had something to do with making me a lifelong bird watcher. Awesome movie.It is a beautiful story to share with children. It has a strong message about tenderness, love and appreciation for all God's creation. I have found that there are many of us out there who still remember this film. I hope someday Hallmark can settle the legal issues with the author's estate so they can release this on DVD for future generations to love.Watching Richard Harris in this is a real lesson in acting. Wow, it's one of his best roles I think. And the scenery along the Essex coast is haunting and beautiful.One note: Lots of people are looking for a copy of this, but they are hard to find. I just got a copy of this movie dubbed from an old video tape someone made when it aired on TV. Here is not the place to give you all the details. Go to the message boards under the thread "I have The Snow Goose" for details.

mbimdb1 I personally saw this film and count it as one of my favorites, if not most memorable ones, for all the reasons cited in previous comments. It is a great loss, to one time frequent filmgoers and serious 'buffs' such as I, that it is not commercially available since it is truly a cinematic work of art. I have sought its availability ever since videos were produced after I saw it (a couple of times) at the Musee de Cinema in Brussels, Belgium, where I went to school abroad in the early '70s. I don't know if the restrictions on its viewing include the Cinematheque there, but, since the facility is a center for film preservation and art and a film school and not for general public 'commercial' viewing per se, it may still be shown every couple of years or so, especially when they do specific monthly festivals, tributes or memoria to individual film celebrities/masters at memorable times of their deaths, anniversaries of their deaths or births, or genres: viz.Canadian films, Paul Gallico, R.Harris, J.Agutter, etc. Unfortunately, the Brussels Musee, on short staff and budget was not amenable when I last was there in the early '80s to sending out their monthly bulletins or giving easily available info. on the internet.

lohengrin77 It was in June 1972 when this movie was shown on German TV entitled as: Schneegans! I just found out who was the writer of the movie minutes ago after 30 years! I had absolutely no idea who made the movie and in which country it was produced. My god the picture had such a great impact on my little soul, I was just 4 years old, and was watching it with my mother, that until now this movie is the most important in my life! Not only did my mother mention it in her diary, as we both were crying and I just could not recover after the movie, so exciting was this picture, but now I found out, that Rhayader was played by Richard Harris, one of my most favourite actors! This Picture is so full of true love, mystery and devotion, it makes a human being very sensitive for the relationship of humans and animals, that I recommend this picture to all teachers as a lesson on this terms.If a BBC Official is reading this, please reconsider the Will of Gallico and try to obtain the rights for a reissue on DVD (with the Screenplay as a Bonus!) As this movie was not repeated in our Country either (to my knowledge!) since it first aired and after reading all this similar entries I m sure he would reconsider it himself.