Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
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?
- vietnam war
- lunatic asylum
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Alan Parker
- Written
- Sandy Kroopf, Jack Behr
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 591 ratings
- Studio
- TriStar Pictures, A&M Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
