Birdman of Alcatraz

Director: John Frankenheimer

Writer: Guy Trosper,Thomas E. Gaddis

Countries of origin: United States

Language: English

Release date: July 4, 1962

Also known as: Pticar iz Alcatraza

Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 biopic directed by John Frankenheimer starring Burt Lancaster and Carl Malden.

Based on a true story, the film tells the story of Troud, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, worked hard in prison and became an internationally renowned ornithologist.

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By Carrie 2022-12-26 16:53:44

This is a movie that can sanitize the mind

When Harvey, the warden of Alcatraz, discovered the bird breeder, Bos. After Troud's manuscript on the attack on the prison system, the two had a "horrifying" conversation -

- you never once showed signs of reforming

- reforming?

— yes, rehabilitated

— I wonder if you know what that word means.

The unabridged version of Webster's...
By Santina 2022-12-24 18:09:49

countercurrent

I don't think it's appropriate for Stroud to meet a bird in a rainstorm. I'm not referring to the filming technique, but the narrative sequence. What it destroys is the overall narrative rhythm of the film, or the order in which the audience thinks. This is a phenomenon specific to movies: we backtrack appropriately when watching a movie. Although the audience cannot turn back dozens and hundreds of pages to strengthen a memory like reading a book, they will not be swept away by the frenzied...
By Jayde 2022-12-02 03:37:20

The most valuable dialogue in the film

Rehabilitation? Do you know what the word means, the unabridged version of Webster's International Dictionary says it comes from the Latin root Habilis, which is defined as: to restore dignity.

Have you considered that part of your job is to give a person the dignity he once had?

Your only interest is how he behaves.

You said it to me once a long time ago, and I never forget: "You should behave as we want". For 35 years, you didn't back down an inch from your...
By Daphney 2022-11-22 08:56:40

FIFF22丨DAY7 round table "Birdkeepers of Alcatraz": free-thinking birds can sing

host fruit tree
Hello everyone, welcome everyone to the 7th day of the 22nd Faroe Island Film Festival's main competition round table, the second game, I am the host fruit tree, the second film we are discussing is "The Birdkeeper of Alcatraz" ", all the guests are invited to discuss...
By Eula 2022-11-17 23:12:23

Classic lines sharing

- We've grown old together, and in all that time I've only asked one thing from you.
- Cooperation. The only thing I've ever gotten back was defiance!
- Not once have you ever shown a sign of rehabilitation!
- Rehabilitation.
- Yes. Rehabilitation.
- I wonder if you know what the word means.
- Do you?
- Now don't be insulting.
- The unabridged Webster's International Dictionary says it comes from the Latin root habilis. The definition is: To invest again...

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By Eloy 2023-09-13 14:31:18

masterpiece. I like the sense of vicissitudes brought by the span of time and Lancaster's acting...
By Kaelyn 2023-09-08 22:22:55

7.5 Similar to the thinking about the death penalty, the abolition of the death penalty considers the issue of human rights, but here is the issue of human dignity. Obviously, according to the laws of some countries, breaking the law will deprive you of your civil rights. It also deprives you of your dignity as a human being. However, in such a situation, the authorities still hope that you can be a screw in society and want to transform you into a person who conforms to "social norms", and...
By Westley 2023-09-01 10:54:10

The unruly teenager eventually grows into a learned and gentle old man, and this is also a lifetime. 147 minutes is not short, but the sense of substitution is still strong. The prison guards are very kind, and the life of raising birds in those years is not like going to...
By Weston 2023-08-19 02:59:24

From a rude young man who was first imprisoned to an academic master at the end, the transformation of the male protagonist started from picking up the bird in the rain. The jailer's remarks about his character flaws were a strong push, and he devoted himself to researching birds and pharmaceuticals to bring his own benefits. Here comes hope and love. Burning the mother's photo is a big step towards spiritual freedom. Leaving the flock and transferring to Alcatraz is a final reconciliation with...
By Malvina 2023-08-18 16:06:35

A fairly mature biopic, which combines the fate of key characters with the times, so that the image of a bird breeder has changed from a bohemian to a thoughtful, without feeling cumbersome and procrastinating at all. Lancaster's acting has...

Movie quotes

Harvey Shoemaker: Bob... I've been sent here as a delegate of the Bureau to make you an offer.

Robert Stroud: That's what I've been waiting for.

Harvey Shoemaker: Now the bureau is willing to let you keep your birds. You can even sell 'em. Now this is their official proposal. You can continue to raise and sell the birds, but the profits will be turned over to the prison welfare fund, and you will receive a salary in the form of a share of the profits. I consider that quite a generous offer under the circumstances. Frankly, it's more than I would have offered, had I the authority.

Albert Comstock: Well, Stroud?

Robert Stroud: Let me see if I understand you. You're proposing that the United States government go into the canary-bird business. That's against private enterprise. You sound like a Bolshevik, Harvey.

Albert Comstock: You have no legal right to raise canaries at all.

Robert Stroud: I know. Rule 60 of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Manual: "An inmate cannot be permitted to operate a business, no matter how legitimate, while in prison." That right?

Harvey Shoemaker: You quoted it correctly.

Robert Stroud: That's what I thought. That's why I'm confused. The rule says I can't have a business. You say I can, provided I give you the profits. It's reinventing regulations. It's not like you.

Albert Comstock: Mr. Shoemaker came all the way from Washington to try to work out a plan so you can keep your blasted birds.

Robert Stroud: Don't con an old con, Warden. He came because of public opinion, and you know it. 50,000 signatures on a petition. Congressmen jumping all over MacLeod's back. I think I got you over a barrel, Harvey.

Harvey Shoemaker: Is that you last word?

Robert Stroud: I could use more room. For my birds.
Robert Stroud: What the hell is eatin' you?

Bull Ransom: Twelve years I've known you, Stroud. Twelve years, sun up and sun down, I've had to look at that frozen mug of yours. And in all that time, never so much as a how-de-do out of you. I try to treat you decent 'cause you got no bed of roses in there. So I put my head on the block and I dummy up about the birds. Did you say, "Thanks, my boy?" Just once you say, "Thanks? Or maybe I just didn't hear you. You're a soft speaker. You... you want a pop bottle? You want a pop bottle? Do I hear maybe, maybe the word "please" someplace? Or could I be goin' deef? "Hand over the... hand over the box," says you. "Hand over the box," like you was the Czar of Russia or somebody. Well, you get this, Bucko. I may be just a uniform to you, but you got no patent on feelings. I'm a man, the same as you, and I wanna be treated like one. So you'd better come up with a few manners with me, or don't even expect the time of day from yours truly!
Robert Stroud: You best go find out who you are. Come on. Now what's wrong with you, you old buzzard? Come on. Don't be afraid. Out there you can kick up the dust. You can dance to fiddle music. Watch the alfalfa bloom. If you like, you can... see gold teeth. Taste sweet whisky and red-eyed gravy. The air breathes easy, nights move faster, and you tell time by the clock. Now you don't wanna be a jailbird all your life, do ya? You're a highballin' sparrow. So you fly high, old cock. Go out there and bite the stars - for me. Find yourself a fat mama and make a family. You hear? Beat it.

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