Pack”, the film never reached at home the success of the USSR. In the socialist country, the movie became so well-known hat it inspired theater plays, books, special reports on post-Soviet criminal youth etc. Bartlett's next film, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, based on the novella of the same name by Richard Bach, would prove to be his most famous achievement as a director. So fascinated was Bartlett by the story that he declared, "I was born to make this movie." He commented, "I felt I had to make this film. I feel very strongly that we're in an age in motion pictures, in all the arts and in life generally, of negativity. People feel that the cards are stacked against them personally so that no one can win. I think Jonathan Livingston Seagull has been such a tremendous success as a novel because it is very positive on terms that any human being can relate to. It says that inside every person is the potential to be something more. By looking into yourself and knowing yourself and reaching for the best within yourself, you or I or anyone can have a different kind of life. That to me is the most needed thing of our time." However, the release of Jonathan Livingston Seagull was plagued by lawsuits. Bach sued Paramount Pictures before the film's release for having too many discrepancies between the film and the book. The judge ordered the studio to make some rewrites before it was released. Bartlett had allegedly violated a term in his contract with Bach which stated that no changes could be made to the film's adaptation without Bach's consent. Neil Diamond, who wrote the songs featured on the film's soundtrack, also sued the studio for cutting too much of his music from the film. The movie was a flop. The Search of Zubin Mehta is a story of an extraordinary family, eminently making a high place of cultural achievement in the world. The Children of Sanchez was written for the screen by Cesare Zavattini based on Oscar Lewis's book of the same title, a classic study of a Mexican family played by Anthony Quinn, Dolores del Río and Lupita Ferrer (Bartlett's then-wife at the time). This film is better known for its Grammy award-winning musical score by Chuck Mangione. The film was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. 1980s Bartlett's final film, the