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Birdy (1984) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 14, 1984

Original Title:
Birdy

Alternate Titles:
Alas de libertad
鸟孩

Genres:
Drama | War

Production Companies:
TriStar Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 15+  DE: 12  FR: TP  GR: 13  HU: 16  IE: 15  NL: 16  PL: 16  SE: 15 

Runtime: 120

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

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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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Production

Aerial Camera:
David L. Butler

Art Direction:
Armin Ganz
W. Stewart Campbell

Assistant Costume Designer:
Molly Maginnis
Judy Feil

Assistant Property Master:
Anthony Tortorice
Michelle Souza
Aaron Zajac

Assistant Sound Editor:
Leonard Green

Associate Producer:
Ned Kopp

Boom Operator:
Danny Benson

Camera Operator:
Mike Roberts

Casting:
Juliet Taylor

Construction Coordinator:
Tom Sindicich

Construction Foreman:
Rich Clot

Costume Design:
Kristi Zea

Director:
Alan Parker

Director of Photography:
Michael Seresin

Editor:
Gerry Hambling

Executive Producer:
David Manson

Finance:
Ron Phipps

First Assistant Camera:
Alan R. Disler

First Assistant Director:
Chris Soldo

Hairstylist:
Paul LeBlanc

Leadman:
Don Watson

Location Manager:
Rory Enke

Makeup Artist:
Barbara Kelly

Novel:
William Wharton

Original Music Composer:
Peter Gabriel

Painter:
Margery Gabrielson
John A. Kelly

Producer:
Alan Marshall

Production Design:
Geoffrey Kirkland

Property Master:
George Zimninsky

Screenplay:
Sandy Kroopf
Jack Behr

Script Supervisor:
Alice Tompkins

Second Assistant Director:
Tom Davies

Set Decoration:
George R. Nelson

Sound Editor:
Eddy Joseph

Sound Recordist:
David MacMillan

Special Effects:
Cliff Wenger

Steadicam Operator:
Charlie Hammerschmitt
Ted Churchill
Larry McConkey

Still Photographer:
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Kerry Hayes

Stunt Coordinator:
M. James Arnett

Stunts:
Mic Rodgers
Michael Runyard

Transportation Captain:
Michael Brum
Paul Cimino

Transportation Coordinator:
Ed Arter

Unit Production Manager:
Nancy Giebink

Unit Publicist:
Tom Gray

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