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Birdy
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
1984 · Directed by Alan Parker · 120 min · Drama · War · 20 frames
Tagline
A soaring experience unlike anything you've ever seen before.
Crew
- Screenplay: Sandy Kroopf, Jack Behr
- Cinematography: Michael Seresin
- Edited by: Gerry Hambling
- Music: Peter Gabriel
- Production design: Geoffrey Kirkland
- Produced by: Alan Marshall
Cast
- Matthew Modine as Birdy
- Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Al Columbato
- John Harkins as Doctor Major Weiss
- Sandy Baron as Mr. Columbato
- Karen Young as Hannah Rourke
- Bruno Kirby as Renaldi
- Nancy Fish as Mrs. Prevost
- George Buck as Birdy's Father
- Dolores Sage as Birdy's Mother
- Pat Ryan as Joe Sagessa
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: TriStar Pictures, A&M Films
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $1,400,000
- Themes: vietnam war, lunatic asylum
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