- Actors: Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young
- Directors: Alan Parker
- Writers: Jack Behr, Sandy Kroopf, William Wharton
- Producers: Alan Marshall, David Manson, Ned Kopp
- Format: Subtitled, PAL
- Language English
- Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- DVD Release Date: 17 April 2000
- Run Time: 130 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004RCOD
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 43,895 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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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), hospitalised 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 none the less. 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
Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 5
French\German\Italian\Spanish
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Surround English French Spanish
Mono German Italian
Dolby Digital Surround
Mono
Interactive Menus
Scene Selections
Theatrical Trailer
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Arabic\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Icelandic\Italian\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish\Turkish
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 5
French\German\Italian\Spanish
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Surround English French Spanish
Mono German Italian
Dolby Digital Surround
Mono
Interactive Menus
Scene Selections
Theatrical Trailer
Filmographies
Arabic\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Icelandic\Italian\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish\Turkish
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Alan Parker's 'Birdy' focuses on two war veterans struggling to cope with post traumatic stress disorder.
The movie is constucted cleverly as a series of flashbacks in which we see the two characters growing up together, one with a searing passion for birds, and the other with an infatuation for women. After their return from Vietnam, both men deal with their experiences in very different and bizarre ways.
The title character is committed to a mental hospital whilst his friend, who has suffered hoffific injuries in battle, fights to bring him back to sanity.
Matthew Modine and Nicholas Cage give arguably the best performances of their careers in this movie. Alan Parker's direction is faultless as he infuses aspects of humour with the heartbreaking reality of war. Peter Gabriel's soundtrack finishes the combination that makes this movie a 'must see'.
Alan Parker directed the movies 'Pink Floyd - The Wall' and 'Midnight Express' before 'Birdy'. He has since directed 'The Commitments' and 'Evita' amongst others.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a movie you want to see more then once, at least in my case. First of all I'm a great Peter Gabriel fan for the film music. I bought the record (not the CD) in 1985 and concider it as a little masterpiece.
Then Alan Parker, this guy made the film of Pink Floyd's masterpiece "The Wall" too, need I say more.
So if you like a really good story, beautiful directed and filmed by Alan PArker plus Peter Gabriël's music
you have to order this one, you will not be disappointed.
It's a keeper, a film you must have.
Then Alan Parker, this guy made the film of Pink Floyd's masterpiece "The Wall" too, need I say more.
So if you like a really good story, beautiful directed and filmed by Alan PArker plus Peter Gabriël's music
you have to order this one, you will not be disappointed.
It's a keeper, a film you must have.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you have never seen this you've missed a treat. Its a story of male friendship, of two teenage boys in the USA a rare thing to see well protrayed. Oone of the boys becomes fixated upon the idea of being able to fly hence his nickname of birdy. It also relays the horror experienced by young men who get sent to war. The sound track is by Peter Gabriel and adds to the action well. Not quite as good as the book (which dealt with the World Wars rather than a later conflicts ised here) Never the less a touching film, it will have you laughing and crying. It is one of my all time favorites.
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Birdy is, for me, one of the best films ever made about war and its effects, and it is also one of the most unusual. Read more
Published 3 months ago by schumann_bg
Thought provoking but still entertaining film...
I'd forgotten how good this film is, I enjoyed it at the time of its release in 1984 but it is not often shown on television and I've not seen it since. Read more
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