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| Director: | Alan Parker | 
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| Writer: | Sandy Kroopf, Jack Behr, William Wharton | 
| Staring: | 
| 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? | |
| Release Date: | Dec 14, 1984 | 
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| Director: | Alan Parker | 
| Writer: | Sandy Kroopf, Jack Behr, William Wharton | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | lunatic asylum, vietnam war | 
| Production Companies | TriStar Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $1,400,000 Budget: $12,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Matthew Modine | Birdy | 
| Nicolas Cage | Sergeant Al Columbato | 
| John Harkins | Doctor Major Weiss | 
| Sandy Baron | Mr. Columbato | 
| Karen Young | Hannah Rourke | 
| Bruno Kirby | Renaldi | 
| Nancy Fish | Mrs. Prevost | 
| George Buck | Birdy's Father | 
| Dolores Sage | Birdy's Mother | 
| Pat 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 | Junkyard 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 | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Alan Parker | Director | 
| Peter Gabriel | Original Music Composer | 
| Michael Seresin | Director of Photography | 
| Sandy Kroopf | Screenplay | 
| Jack Behr | Screenplay | 
| M. James Arnett | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Nancy Giebink | Unit Production Manager | 
| Charlie Hammerschmitt | Steadicam Operator | 
| George R. Nelson | Set Decoration | 
| Paul Cimino | Transportation Captain | 
| Margery Gabrielson | Painter | 
| Judy Feil | Assistant Costume Designer | 
| Gerry Hambling | Editor | 
| David MacMillan | Sound Recordist | 
| Geoffrey Kirkland | Production Design | 
| Mike Roberts | Camera Operator | 
| Don Watson | Leadman | 
| Tom Gray | Unit Publicist | 
| Ed Arter | Transportation Coordinator | 
| Molly Maginnis | Assistant Costume Designer | 
| Armin Ganz | Art Direction | 
| George Zimninsky | Property Master | 
| Tom Sindicich | Construction Coordinator | 
| Rich Clot | Construction Foreman | 
| W. Stewart Campbell | Art Direction | 
| Rory Enke | Location Manager | 
| William Wharton | Novel | 
| Chris Soldo | First Assistant Director | 
| Tom Davies | Second Assistant Director | 
| Kerry Hayes | Still Photographer | 
| John A. Kelly | Painter | 
| Ralph Nelson Jr. | Still Photographer | 
| Anthony Tortorice | Assistant Property Master | 
| Barbara Kelly | Makeup Artist | 
| Danny Benson | Boom Operator | 
| Aaron Zajac | Assistant Property Master | 
| Alan R. Disler | First Assistant Camera | 
| Paul LeBlanc | Hairstylist | 
| David L. Butler | Aerial Camera | 
| Cliff Wenger | Special Effects | 
| Leonard Green | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Alice Tompkins | Script Supervisor | 
| Michelle Souza | Assistant Property Master | 
| Ron Phipps | Finance | 
| Michael Brum | Transportation Captain | 
| Larry McConkey | Steadicam Operator | 
| Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator | 
| Juliet Taylor | Casting | 
| Kristi Zea | Costume Design | 
| Eddy Joseph | Sound Editor | 
| Mic Rodgers | Stunts | 
| Michael Runyard | Stunts | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| David Manson | Executive Producer | 
| Alan Marshall | Producer | 
| Ned Kopp | Associate Producer | 
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