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Birdy | 
 enlarge | Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 19713
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: COLD04579D
ISBN: 0767827783
UPC: 043396045798
EAN: 9780767827782
ASIN: B00003L9CH
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1984
Release Date: February 15, 2000
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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
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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. I--Marshall Fine/I
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 The End of the Innocence December 10, 2008
Mr. Richard D. Coreno (Berea, Ohio USA)
This powerful 1984 film is directed by Alan Parker and explores the shadows of the soul and the aftermath of war. br / br /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. Columbato - who was also injured in the war - goes beyond the call of duty to help his friend find his way "home." br / br /The use of numerous flashback scenes of their life together as teenagers during the 1960s makes for a dynamic reminder of the potential of youth and the end of the innocence. The film was awarded the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. br / br /The movie depicts the perilous path in life and the minefield of trying to bring back into focus the signposts from a lost psychological stability.
Birdy November 11, 2008
nicolascagefantothemax
This movie is amazingly acted! The story is haunting, but I find myself watching it over and over. I recommend it highly!
 Birds make me wanna get naked June 18, 2008
Michael LaRocca (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
And now for something completely different. br / br /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. br / br /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 cage. Dude dreamed about birds, woke up naked, and towelled himself off below the waist. That's weird. br / br /Put another way, this movie definitely works on the level it's meant to, as a dramatic and moving story. But I could also picture the yahoos at The Agony Booth having a field day with the screen shots and the captions, which I was doing at the same time as I was watching it dramatically.
 Another Reason Nicolas Cage Is Brilliant March 31, 2008
C. Wynsma (Michigan, USA)
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 also a wonderful story. I especially love the ending! When I was researching this movie, I read that Nicolas Cage actually had a tooth pulled on film, with no anesthetic, because he needed some dental work done anyway (boy, did he ever!). I was disappointed to see that did not make it into the movie but you can see the gap in his mouth where the tooth had been. Which gives his character even more authenticity since he had a facial injury, it would make sense to lose a tooth or two!
Early Cage and Modine hits a home run! December 3, 2007
Scott P. Wilber (Eugene, OR USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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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