Birdy is a 1984 film directed by Alan Parker and starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage. It is based on the novel of the same name by William Wharton. The story is about two friends, Birdy (Modine) and Al (Cage) who become friends at school and serve in Vietnam together. Birdy already has a disturbing fixation with birds and his Vietnam experiences push him over the edge: when he returns from the war, he is sent to a mental hospital for assessment and his friend Al stays with him to try to reach him. The films contains many flashback scenes of their life together as teenagers in 1950s America. Alan Parker on the set of Pink Floyd The Wall Sir Alan Parker (born February 14, 1944) is a British film director, producer, writer, and actor. ... David Manson Sr. ... Alan Marshall (2 May 1902--21 January 1984) born in Noorat, Australia) was an Australian writer, story teller and social documentor, was . ... William Wharton (Albert Du Aime) born in 7 november 1925 in Philadelphia is a writer best known for his first novel Birdy. ... Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959 in Loma Linda, California is an American actor. ... Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Coppola on January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... The TriStar Pictures logo from 1993 to the present TriStar redirects here. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Alan Parker on the set of Pink Floyd The Wall Sir Alan Parker (born February 14, 1944) is a British film director, producer, writer, and actor. ... Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959 in Loma Linda, California is an American actor. ... Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Coppola on January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Birdy is a 1978 novel by William Wharton. ... William Wharton (Albert Du Aime) born in 7 november 1925 in Philadelphia is a writer best known for his first novel Birdy. ...

The film's soundtrack, Birdy, was written and performed by Peter Gabriel. The music is almost entirely adaptations of tracks on Gabriel's third and fourth albums. Birdy is a soundtrack by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, for the movie of the same name, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... Peter Gabriel, released in 1980, is Peter Gabriels third eponymous album and his first for Geffen Records. ... Security (1982) is an album by the British progressive rock musician Peter Gabriel. ...

The film received the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. ... Cannes Film Festival logo. ...

Cast

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External links

• Birdy at the Internet Movie Database
• Movie stills

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