Birdy

Release Date:

Dec 14, 1984

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:00

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Alan Parker

Cast:

Matthew Modine	Birdy
Nicolas Cage	Sergeant Al Columbato
Sandy Baron	Mr. Columbato
John Harkins	Doctor Major Weiss
Karen Young	Hannah Rourke
Bruno Kirby	Renaldi
Nancy Fish	Mrs. Prevost
George ``Buck'' Flower	Walt, Birdy's Father, School Janitor
Dolores Sage	Birdy's mother
Robert L. Ryan	Joe Sagessa
James Santini	Mario Columbato
Maud Winchester	Doris Robinson
Marshall Bell	Ronsky
Elizabeth Whitcraft	Rosanne
Sandra Beall	Shirley
Victoria Nekko	Claire
Crystal Field	Mrs. Columbato
John Brumfield	Mr. Kohler
Joe Lerer	Military Doctor
Alice Truscott	Mother on Train
Ed Taylor	Zimmy The Human Fish
Irving Selbst	Fairground Announcer
Steve Lippe	Mr. Russo, Yunkyard Proprietor
William Clark	Policeman on Beach
James Pruett	Emergency Doctor
Priscilla Alden	Waiting Room Lady
Howard Kinsley	Mr. Tate
Robert Diamond	Maloney
Bud Seese	Drunk in Jail
Ray Pili	High School Band

Producers:

David Manson , Alan Marshall

Writers:

Jack Behr, Sandy Kroopf

Language:

English

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Birdy returns from the Vietnam War scarred from the horrific experiences of battle. He is so damaged by what he saw that he has shut himself off from reality completely, imaging that he is actually a bird. Birdy is confined to a mental hospital, where the doctors are at a loss as to how to treat him. In an attempt to help, Al, his best friend from high school -- and who was also in Vietnam -- visits him every day to try and get through to him.

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