A soaring experience unlike anything you've ever seen before.
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?
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Character
Grave, earnest, classical in form and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Matthew ModineBirdy
- Nicolas CageSergeant Al Columbato
- John HarkinsDoctor Major Weiss
- Sandy BaronMr. Columbato
- Karen YoungHannah Rourke
- Bruno KirbyRenaldi
- Nancy FishMrs. Prevost
- George BuckBirdy's Father
- Dolores SageBirdy's Mother
- Pat RyanJoe Sagessa
Crew
- Alan ParkerDirector
- Sandy KroopfScreenplay
- Jack BehrScreenplay
- William WhartonNovel
- Michael SeresinDirector of Photography
- Peter GabrielOriginal Music Composer
- Gerry HamblingEditor
- Alan MarshallProducer
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