- Birdy (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Birdy
caption = Theatrical release poster
director =Alan Parker
producer =Ned Kopp David Manson Alan Marshall
writer =Sandy Kroopf Jack Behr
William Wharton (novel)
starring =Matthew Modine Nicolas Cage
music =Peter Gabriel
cinematography =Michael Seresin
editing =Gerry Hambling
distributor =TriStar Pictures
released =14 December 1984
runtime = 120 minutes
country =United States
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0086969|"Birdy" is a 1984 film directed by
Alan Parker and starringMatthew Modine andNicolas 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 contains some 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 .Cast
External links
*imdb title|id=0086969|title=Birdy
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title=Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
years=1985
before="Napló apámnak, anyámnak "
after="The Sacrifice "
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