Birds of America (film)

Birds of America is an offbeat American family dramedy directed by Craig Lucas, written by Elyse Friedman, and starring Matthew Perry. It premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.^[1] It was produced by Plum Pictures.

Plot

A middle-class man, who had to finish raising his odd younger siblings when his parents died, is forced to take them under his roof when they show up needing a place to stay.^[1]

Cast

• Matthew Perry as Morrie Tanager, an uptight middle-class man who has to deal with his reckless siblings^[1]
• Ben Foster as Jay, Morrie's younger brother who is prone to antisocial experiments^[1]
• Ginnifer Goodwin as Ida, Morrie's younger sister who is a "promiscuous, broke, itinerant artist"^[1]
• Lauren Graham as Betty, Morrie's wife^[1]
• Gary Wilmes as Paul^[1], Morrie's and Betty's neighbor as well as a tenured professor at Morrie's school.
• Hilary Swank as Laura, Paul's wife^[1]
• Zoë Kravitz as Gillian^[1], Jay's wife.
• Daniel Eric Gold as Gary^[1], Ida's former boyfriend and Paul's brother.

Production

The film was shot primarily in Darien, Connecticut.

References

External links

• Birds of America at the Internet Movie Database