Birdy (1984)

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NR | 2 hr | Drama, War | Released: 1/1/1984

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Synopsis:

A soldier returns from Vietnam to find his boyhood friend, also a fellow soldier, in a military hospital, having suffered a mental breakdown in which he has become detached from reality and imagines that he is a bird.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1984

Director	Credit
Alan Parker	Director
Cast	Credit
Matthew Modine	Birdy
Nicolas Cage	Al Columbato
John Harkins	Doctor Weiss
Sandy Baron	Mr. Columbato
Karen Young	Hannah Rourke
Bruno Kirby	Renaldi
Nancy Fish	Mrs. Prevost
George Buck	Birdy's Father
Dolores Sage	Birdy's Mother
Robert L Ryan	Joe Sagessa
James Santini	Mario Columbato
Marshall Bell	Ronsky
Elizabeth Whitcraft	Rosanne
Sandra Beall	Shirley
Victoria Nekko	Claire
Crystal Field	Mrs. Columbato
Joe Lerer	Military Doctor
Alice Truscott	Mother on Train
Ed Taylor	Zimmy the Human Fish
Irving Selbst	Fairground Announcer
Steve Lippe	Junkyard Proprietor
William Clark	Policeman on Beach
James Pruett	Emergency Doctor
Howard Kinsley	Mr. Tate
Robert Diamond	Maloney
Bud Seese	Drunk in Jail
Erskine Morgan	Hospital Orderly
Maurice Frizzell Jr	Nuts and Bolts Patient
Charles A Tamburro	Helicopter Pilot
Maude Winchester	Doris Robinson
Priscilla Alden	Waiting Room Lady
Guy Jones	Hospital Orderly
Ray Pili	High School Band
Lawrence J. McKenna	High School Band
David W. Kuhn	High School Band
Kevin P. Kuhn	High School Band
Ronald Distefano	High School Band
Larry Hochman	High School Band
Ramona Bajema	Girl on Train
Donald Sims	Nuts and Bolts Patient
Richard Mason	Injured Soldier
Rick Holley	Helicopter Pilot
Harry Hauss	Helicopter Pilot
Mark Simpson	Helicopter Soldier
Clark Taylor	Helicopter Soldier
Michael Shaner	Veteran
Tim Davis	Veteran
BIRD No. 9	Perta
Queepers	Perta's Stunts
Alfonso	As Himself
Hobbie	Cat
Sneaky	Dog
Willey	Dog
Ace	Dog
Prince	Dog
Tiger	Dog
Bo	Dog
Budah	Dog
Chiggar	Dog
Tyko	Dog
Kelly	Dog
Red	Dog
Fantasy	Dog
Scooter	Dog
Jonathan	Seagull
Monty	Snake
Horatio	Jungle Bird
No's. 1 to 84	Pigeons
John Brumfield	Mr. Kohler
Production Credits	Credit
Ned Kopp	Associate Producer
David Manson	Executive Producer
Alan Marshall	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
A&M Films	Production Company Production Company
TriStar Pictures	Production Company Production Company
Malton Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor Video Distributor
Locations
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Writer	Credit
William Wharton	Novel as Source Material - Based Upon the Novel
Sandy Kroopf	Screenplay
Jack Behr	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Ron Phipps	Finance Manager - Financial Controller
Dick Gros	Auditor - Location Auditor
Janice Clark	Auditor
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Gary Gero	Animal Trainer - Bird Trainer
Mark Jackson	Animal Trainer
Gwen Johnson	Animal Trainer
Larry Payne	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Don Watson	Leadman - Lead man
Geoffrey Kirkland	Production Designer
Roger Dietz	Art Department - Set Artist
Armin Ganz	Art Director
Dale Haugo	Painter - Paint Coordinator
George R Nelson	Set Decorator
John Kelly	Painter
Stu Campbell	Art Director
Robert Bovill	Production Designer - Draughtsman
Margery Gabrielson	Painter
Casting	Credit
Lisa Clarkson	Extras Casting
Ellen Lewis	Casting Assistant - Casting
Juliet Taylor	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Brett Barclay	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
David Butler	Camera Operator - Aerial Cameraman
Ralph Nelson	Photography - Still Photographer
Michael Seresin	Director of Photography
Alan Disler	Assistant Camera Operator - Assistant Cameraman
Larry McConkey	Steadicam Operator
Scott Rathner	Assistant Camera Operator - Assistant Cameraman
Michael Roberts	Camera Operator
Ted Churchill	Steadicam Operator
Kerry Hayes	Photography - Still Photographer
Charlie Hammerschmitt	Steadicam Operator
Jan D'Alquen	Camera Operator - Cameraman
Mark Ludwig	Assistant Camera Operator - Assistant Cameraman
Robert Hillman	Camera Operator
Adam Kimmel	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam Assistant
Douglas Hunt	Assistant Camera Operator - Assistant Cameraman
Joseph Coffey	Camera Operator - Cameraman
Douglas Hart	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam Assistant
Marc Hirschfeld	Assistant Camera Operator - Cameraman
Alec Hirschfeld	Camera Operator
Bradford Edmiston	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam Assistant
Donald Biller	Assistant Camera Operator - Cameraman
Terry Morrison	Steadicam Operator - Operator
Donna Morrison	Steadicam Operator - Assistant
Music	Credit
Peter Gabriel	Music
Physical Effects	Credit
Michael Runyard	Stunt Player
James Arnett	Stunt Coordinator
Reid Rondell	Stunt Player
Mic Rodgers	Stunt Player
Production Management	Credit
Chris Soldo	Assistant Director
Alice Tompkins	Script Supervisor
Steph Benseman	Location Coordinator
Rory Enke	Location Manager
Nancy Giebink	Unit Production Manager
David Lamb	Unit Manager - Unit Coordinator
Tom Davies	Assistant Director
Michael Waxman	Location Coordinator - Location Manager
Publicity	Credit
Tom Gray	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Danny Benson	Boom Operator
Clive Barrett	Assistant Sound Editor - Editor
Eddy Joseph	Sound Editor
David Grimsdale	Footstep Editor - Footsteps Editor
Peter Pennell	Sound Effects Editor - Effects Editor
David MacMillan	Sound Recordist
Bill Rowe	Rerecording Mixer - Re-Recording Mixer
Ray Merrin	Rerecording Mixer - Mixer
Richard Hymns	Assistant Sound Editor - Editor
Leonard Green	Assistant Sound Editor - Editor
Jeremy Strachan	Assistant Sound Editor - Editor
Richard Candib	Assistant Sound Editor - Editor
Daniel Candib	Assistant Sound Editor - Editor
Steve Janisz	Assistant Sound Editor - Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Cliff Wenger	Special Effects
Bob Harman	Effects/Train - Flying Effects
John Gorham	Graphics
Peter Govey	Titles
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Judy Feil	Assistant Costume Designer - Costume Designer
Barbara Kelly	Makeup - Make-Up
Mark Burchard	Costumer
Paul Le Blanc	Hairdresser
Kristi Zea	Costume Designer
Molly Maginnis	Assistant Costume Designer - Costume Designer
Mary E Still	Costumer
John Caglione Jr	Makeup - Special Make-Up

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