Aided by strong work from Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage, Birdy finds director Alan Parker turning a supposedly unfilmable novel into a soaring -- and emotionally searing -- success.
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Birdy

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Movie Info
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Director -
Alan Parker -
Producer -
Alan Marshall -
Screenwriter -
Jack Behr , Sandy Kroopf , William Wharton -
Distributor -
TriStar Pictures -
Production Co -
TriStar Pictures , Delphi III Productions -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 14, 1984, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2012 -
Runtime -
2h 0m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby , Surround