Birdy
1984 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
"Birdy" is a guy from Philadelphia, a Vietnam vet hospitalized for postwar trauma. Lying in a state of amentia, Birdy (Matthew Modine) fantasizes about birds in flight, an obsession that has haunted him since childhood. Now this fascination acts as a barrier to reality and the pain of his years in Vietnam. After doctors’ efforts fail to cure him, his childhood friend Al (Nicolas Cage)--also a discharged soldier nursing wounds from the war--is brought in to try to coax Birdy out of his hallucinations.
Direction Alan Parker
Cast Matthew Modine · Nicolas Cage · John Harkins · Sandy Baron · Karen Young · Bruno Kirby · Dolores Sage
Soundtrack Peter Gabriel
Screenplay Sandy Kroopf · Jack Behr · William Wharton
Cinematography Michael Seresin
Original title Birdy
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