Birdy

Birdy

  • Director: Alan Parker
  • Writer: William Wharton,Sandy Kroopf,Jack Behr
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: December 21, 1984
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Alas de libertad
  • "Birdy" is a war drama directed by Alan William Parker and starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Kim Coppola  . It premiered in the United States on December 21, 1984 .
    The film is based on William Wharton’s novel of the same name. It tells the story of a young man who dreamed of turning into a bird, joined the army because of the outbreak of the Vietnam War, and was eventually sent to the hospital because he lost his mind on the battlefield   .

    Details

    • Release date December 21, 1984
    • Filming locations Penn Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies A&M Films, TriStar Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $12,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,455,045

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $13,720

    Gross worldwide

    $1,455,045

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jeffry 2022-04-21 09:03:02

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      When I was a child, I watched a movie called Birdy, which translates to Birdy in Chinese, which is a bit unpleasant. The director is Allen Park, and the movie is particularly good, revolving around two boys, one is a typical adolescent boy, restless; the other is living in his own fantasy, always feeling like a bird. I remember a scene where two boys were swimming in the sea, and the phantom bird said something: Swimming in the sea is like flying in a thick atmosphere...
        Water is always...

    • By Wilburn 2022-04-21 09:03:02

      The raging waves of the times devour you and me

      Because I have only watched the film once, I cannot achieve intensive reading effects such as analyzing the shots. I can only strongly feel the emotions that the director wants to express with the help of the shots. Emotions are nonlinear and multi-layered, and I can only analyze one or two of them. .
      The emotion of the whole film is staring at Birdy's extreme love for birds, from the beginning of the film and his future best friend Al acquainted with a birdcage, to encouraging his brother...

    • By Vito 2022-04-21 09:03:02

      flying bird man

      I always thought that the bird on the cover was Nicolas Cage, but I didn't know until I saw the movie. His signature scowling love was unexpected when he was young, but he really liked this film. After watching the movie, I always felt that the two children were like two sides of myself, one was the dream self and the other was the real self. As you get older, your dream self and your real self become less and less able to communicate. Maybe we all have the dream of wanting to get rid of all...

    • By Gladyce 2022-04-21 09:03:02

      can you fly?

      I knew about this movie for a long time, but because of Cage, I have never seen it. I always stubbornly think that he looks like an ant. But I watched "Full Metal Jacket" a few days ago and was attracted by the role of the clown in it. I found that the actor Matthew seemed to have only starred in these two anti-war movies. I quickly took it out and watched it. I like it!
      "Are you flying?" I don't know why, in my boring college life, I often asked my roommate like this stupidly, and the...

    • By Emerson 2022-04-21 09:03:02

      Simple Notes on the Movie "Birdman"

      1. Two injured people, past and present "madness", parallel montage, two experiences reflect each other. I just don't know whether the person in the cage or the outsider is not normal. In Chinese, "locked up in a cage" is bidirectional, it can be the active side or the passive voice. So Foucault came to the stage.

      2. The 45-degree angle shot in the cage is the bird and the bird's low angle of view. Looking up, it is a window, the light is outside, flashing our eyes. But we know that...

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    • By Joesph 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      It's too depressing to watch it in an hour, if there is no ending...

    • By Allen 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      A deeply thought-provoking and very emotional...

    • By Hilton 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      The reality is the night, the ideal is the stars, the night is not scary, the scary thing is losing the courage to shine. Many tragic plots are handled in a comedy way, but they are not laughable. The subjective long shot of Birdman's third flight is really awesome, not Hollywood style at all. The only dissatisfaction is the handling of the ending, which is very Hollywood and incompatible with the temperament of the whole...

    • By Clarissa 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      "There's nothing in my life to keep me here anymore. I wish I could die and be born again as a...

    • By Sigmund 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Birdman's 2-hour heaviness makes the leap at the end full of comforting hope. Birds represent freedom as well as vigorous life. The blood of war wilts the hope of life. After the soul dies, it can only escape reality in the form of a puddle of flesh: reality has no rational strangulation of human nature. They are dogs that no one wants. people slaughter. No matter how good you are if it's not popular; there is no reason in my life for me to stay here anymore; I also think about...

    Movie plot

    Al, who had returned from the Vietnam battlefield with injuries, saw Birdy again in the hospital. He curled up in the corner like a bird, staring dullly towards the blue sky outside the window without saying a word. He no longer knew Al, and the doctor told Al that if Birdy remained the same, he would be sent to a lunatic asylum in three days. As a result, Al's thoughts flew several years ago. Al met Birdy for the first time when he...
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    Evaluation action

    "Birdy" reflects on the bloody damage caused by this cruel war through the terrible conditions of the two protagonists, Birdy and Al. From the perspective of the narrative structure, the film adopts a circular narrative, telling the good times that are worth looking back before the war, the painful lessons that brought blood during the war and the painful time and space after the war. Time and space interlaced to show the conflict and...
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    Movie quotes

    • [reaction to Al extolling the female breast]

      Birdy: They're just like on a cow, but in a more stupid place.

    • [about his psychiatrist]

      Sergeant Al Columbato: I don't trust the guy. Everything's too interesting to him.

    • Birdy: You ever wondered what our lives down here must look like to a bird?

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