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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767827782
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767827783
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 15, 2000
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 33339
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1984
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A riveting drama about two childhood friends and the physical and mental wounds they suffer in the aftermath of the vietnam war. Special features: subtitles in english spanish chinese portuguese korean and thai theatrical trailer bonus trailers talent files scene selections production notes and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Nicolas Cage Matthew Modine Run time: 120 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com:
Based on William Wharton's transcendent novel of the same name, this film is about many things: friendship, war, and, of course, birds. The framing device is an effort by a horribly scarred combat soldier (Nicolas Cage) to break through to his best friend, Birdy (Matthew Modine), hospitalized after seemingly being driven mad by fighting in the Vietnam War. Cage then flashes back to their boyhood, where Birdy, a canary aficionado, was considered the school weirdo but managed to be a solid companion nonetheless. Directed by Alan Parker, it works best as a coming-of-age story, but misses the bizarre psychological transferences of the book, in which Birdy imagines himself within the world of canaries he creates in his bedroom at his parents' house. Modine is fine as an out-of-it misfit enraptured by his own little universe. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The End of the Innocence
This powerful 1984 film is directed by Alan Parker and explores the shadows of the soul and the aftermath of war.
Based on a novel of the same name by author William Wharton, the plot focuses on boyhood friends Birdy (Matthew Modine) and Al Columbato (Nicolas Cage) who serve in Vietnam. The war experience ultimately rips to shreds what was already a fragile psyche of Birdy - whose fixation with birds now has him believing that he is a bird - and he is sent to a mental hospital for treatment. ... Read More
Rating: - Birdy
This movie is amazingly acted! The story is haunting, but I find myself watching it over and over. I recommend it highly!
Rating:  - Birds make me wanna get naked
And now for something completely different.
This is an intensely dramatic film about coming of age and Vietnam, and it never fails to take itself 100% seriously. But a few scenes, well, they're etched into my brain forever like the scars on Nicholas "delusions of adequacy" Cage's face.
I'm certainly not calling it a bad movie. Three stars, and I watched it all the way through. But damn, if I hadn't seen the "1984" part, I'd have called it a career killer for a naked man in a bird ... Read More
Rating:  - Another Reason Nicolas Cage Is Brilliant
I purchased this movie to add to my growing collection of Nicolas Cage films. He is a brilliant actor and this movie shows that. For the majority of the time during the film, Nicolas' face was covered with gauze because his character sustained injuries during the Vietnam war. I was impressed with the fact that even though his face was covered, he could still project his emotions through his eyes, speech and body language. He is so good, he could pull any movie off wearing a sack over his head! 'Birdy' is ... Read More
Rating: - Early Cage and Modine hits a home run!
Fanstastic effort by Cage and Modine in a story of friendship, determination, and break through. The story is told with humor and action. One of my all time favorites films. A must see!
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