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Birdy (film)
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| Birdy | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 1950s 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.
| Actor/Actress | Role |
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| 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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| Preceded by Napló apámnak, anyámnak |
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes 1985 |
Succeeded by The Sacrifice |