Birdy (1984)

7.1	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Drama (3), War (2), 1984 (1), Mental Illness (1), Reality (1), Illness (1), Innocence (1), Mind (1), Mystery/thriller (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), # Eng (1), Adapted (1), Cannes Winner (1), MMG (1), Growth/healing (1), (1), Vietnam (1), 1980s (1)

Description

Two boyhood friends return scarred from Vietnam. One is institutionalized for thinking he is the bird creature that he imagined as a child, and the other—physically handicapped but of sound mind—tries to reach his friend to discover what caused his retreat from reality. The film illustrates the human yearning to remember oneself as a spirit fre ... (more)

Directed by

Alan Parker

Starring (View all) :

Matthew Modine

Birdy

Nicolas Cage

Sgt. Alfonso 'Al' Columbato

Major Weiss M.D.

Mr. Columbato

Hannah Rourke

Renaldi

Mrs. Prevost

Walt - Birdy's Father

Dolores Sage

Birdy's Mother

Pat Ryan

Joe Sagessa

Written by (View all) :

Sandy Kroopf

(screenplay) and

Jack Behr

(screenplay)

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