| Bird in a Cage | |
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| Directed by | Antonio Zarro |
| Produced by | Bradford Carr Truman Anquoe Jr. |
| Written by | Antonio Zarro |
| Studio | Christian Broadcasting Network University |
| Distributed by | Zarro Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 1986 |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $ 15,000 |
Bird in a Cage is an Academy Award-winning 60 minute 1986 American comedic drama film written and directed by Antonio Zarro while he was attending the Christian Broadcasting Network University (now Regent University).
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Zarro's original script for the film had the two leads dying, but this was changed when CBN University associate professor and executive producer of the film Terry Lindvall felt "so many deaths would make the movie too much like a Shakespearean tragedy." He also recounted how a "blue tint applied at the film lab to turn a swimming scene from day to night made the heroine's pink bathing suit seem to disappear", which compelled Lindvall to censor most of the swimming shot."[1]
The film follows a thief into the countryside where he is mistaken as preacher, which is transformational.[2]
Hal Erickson of All Movie Guide remarked that the director was a college student when he "lovingly assembled" the film, writing "The material is simple (and sometimes simplistic), but demands artistry. Novice filmmaker Antonio Zarro delivered that artistry."[3]