After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total
Pat Ryan
- Joe Sagessa
- (as Robert L. Ryan)
Maud Winchester
- Doris Robinson
- (as Maude Winchester)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNicolas Cage had two teeth removed (without anesthetic) for this role.
- GoofsAl calls Birdy "Al" (11:08)
- Crazy creditsAnimals: Perta ... Bird No. 9 Perta's Stunts ... Queepers Alfonso ... AS HIMSELF Cat ... Hobbie Dogs ... Sneaky, Willey, Ace, Prince, Tiger, Bo, Rudah, Chiggar, Tyko, Kelly, Red, Fantasy, Scooter. Seagull ... Jonathan Snake ... Monty Jungle Bird ... Horatio Pigeons ... No's. 1 to 84
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If ever I needed convincing that Nicholas Cage is a great actor and human being, it is in this role and the brilliant performance of Birdie himself. If ever good can be portrayed as coming out of bad, it is the deeply moving message and point of making a movie like this. Who needs convincing that war is evil, that life is cruel and that love conquers all its madness? Who can even begin to understand the torment of post-traumatic stress? Those who perpetrate suffering not only to humans but animals alike can never have the empathy that defines us as human. On many levels, the story and how it is told, speaks to the heart and we weep in sympathy for the pain of those who suffer whether from mental illness, bullying or the unspeakable abuses of war. Where have all the great movie makers like Alan Parker gone? There is nothing but fake, shallow and profit orientated products that mirror the fake, shallow and insecure "virtual" relating that goes on today. For that I weep. It has created a hunger deeper than that suffered from starving Biafra.
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- Jun 4, 2014
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Alas de libertad
- Filming locations
- Wildwood, New Jersey, USA(Atlantic City - Fairground)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,455,045
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,720
- Dec 25, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $1,455,096
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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