Birdy (film)

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Birdy

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Alan Parker
Produced by Ned Kopp
David Manson
Alan Marshall
Written by Sandy Kroopf
Jack Behr
William Wharton (novel)
Starring Matthew Modine
Nicolas Cage
Music by Peter Gabriel
Cinematography Michael Seresin
Editing by Gerry Hambling
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date(s) 14 December 1984
Running time 120 minutes
Country United States
Language English
IMDb profile

Birdy is a 1984 film directed by Alan Parker and starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage. It is based on the novel of the same name by William Wharton. The story is about two friends, Birdy (Modine) and Al (Cage) who become friends at school and serve in Vietnam together. Birdy already has a disturbing fixation with birds and his Vietnam experiences push him over the edge: when he returns from the war, he is sent to a mental hospital for assessment and his friend Al stays with him to try to reach him. The films contains many flashback scenes of their life together as teenagers in 1960s America.

The film's soundtrack, Birdy, was written and performed by Peter Gabriel. The music is almost entirely adaptations of tracks on Gabriel's third and fourth albums.

The film received the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.


[edit] Cast

Actor/Actress Role
Matthew Modine Birdy
Nicolas Cage Sergeant Al Columbato
John Harkins Doctor Major Weiss
Sandy Baron Mr. Columbato
Karen Young Hannah Rourke
Bruno Kirby Renaldi
Nancy Fish Mrs. Prevost
George Buck Walt, Birdy's Father, School Janitor
Dolores Sage Birdy's mother
Robert L. Ryan Joe Sagessa
James Santini Mario Columbato
Maud Winchester Doris Robinson (as Maude Winchester)
Marshall Bell Ronsky
Elizabeth Whitcraft Rosanne
Sandra Beall Shirley


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Films directed by Alan Parker

Our Cissy (1974) • Footsteps (1974) • The Evacuees (1975) (TV) • Bugsy Malone (1976) • Midnight Express (1978) • Fame (1980) • Shoot the Moon (1982) • Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) • Birdy (1984) • Angel Heart (1987) • Mississippi Burning (1988) • Come See The Paradise (1990) • The Commitments (1991) • The Road to Wellville (1994) • Evita (1996) • Angela's Ashes (1999) • The Life of David Gale (2003) • The Ice At The Bottom Of The World (2007) (in production) •
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Preceded by
Napló apámnak, anyámnak		 Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
1985		 Succeeded by
The Sacrifice