Birdseye (film)
| Birdseye | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Stephen Beckner Michael C. Huber |
| Produced by |
Mike Crawford Karin Koch Samir Stephan Schindler Patrick Toenz |
| Written by |
Screenplay & Story: Stephen Beckner Story: Michael C. Huber |
| Starring |
Fred Ward Stefan Kurt Frederick Koehler Johnny Whitworth Amy Hathaway Jaimz Woolvett Beth Grant |
| Music by |
Chris Vrenna Clint Walsh |
| Cinematography | Thomas Wüthrich |
| Edited by | Markus Welter |
Production company |
Das Werk, Zürich |
| Distributed by | Look Now |
Release dates | September 5, 2002 (Zürich) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country |
United States Switzerland |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 1,000,000 CH |
A.K.A. Birdseye is a Swiss 2002 criminal comedy film starring Fred Ward and many other award-winning actors.
Background
The film is a mockumentary and was shot in Zürich, Los Angeles and Colorado. Ward's scenes were shot in Colorado, but with special effects added to the location in Zürich.
Before its official release the film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival on August 7, 2002.
Cast
- Fred Ward - Nolan Sharpless
- Stefan Kurt - Birdseye / Urs Vogelsaug /Rolf Meili
- Frederick Koehler - Ben Sharpless
- Johnny Whitworth - Trent Doone
- Amy Hathaway - Heidi Logan
- Jaimz Woolvett - Fingers
- Beth Grant - Ruth Betters
- Michael Horse - Pete Longshadow
- Kevin Quinn - Marty
- R. Lee Ermey - Sheriff Gathers
- Lisa Blount - Vicky Sharpless
- Pato Hoffmann - Alvin Karpis
- Iqbal Theba - Puneet Ristani
- Other actors including Hanspeter Müller, Stephanie Glaser, Mike Müller, Brian Howe, Brigitte Beyeler, Patti Allison and Jeanne Zelasko.
Trivia
Fred Ward worked for a very low salary compared with his small guest role in the Hollywood motion picture Enough, filmed in the same year.
Director and writer Stephen Beckner worked on the set of Alain Robbe-Grillets The Blue Villa in 1995, also starring Ward. Later he stated that he had the idea to Birdseye during the making of the earlier movie.
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