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A soaring experience unlike anything you've ever seen before. - Birdy
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Title: Birdy

Release Date: 14 Dec 1984

Runtime: 2h

Genre: Drama

Director: TriStar Pictures

Production Companies: TriStar Pictures

Overview: Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (519 votes)

Cast

  • Birdy: Matthew Modine
  • Sergeant Al Columbato: Nicolas Cage
  • Doctor Major Weiss: John Harkins
  • Mr. Columbato: Sandy Baron
  • Hannah Rourke: Karen Young
  • Renaldi: Bruno Kirby
  • Mrs. Prevost: Nancy Fish
  • Birdy's Father: George Buck
  • Birdy's Mother: Dolores Sage
  • Joe Sagessa: Pat Ryan
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