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Birdy

1984 · 120 min

A haunting, tender plunge into two friends' damaged minds, drifting between memory and madness with a dreamlike, sorrowful pull.

Tagline
A soaring experience unlike anything you've ever seen before.
Overview
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?

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • trauma
  • identity
  • isolation
  • war
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Alan Parker
Written by
Jack Behr, Sandy Kroopf
Starring
Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby, Nancy Fish, George Buck
Music
Peter Gabriel
Cinematography
Michael Seresin
Runtime
120 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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