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Birdy
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Synopsis:-
"Based on the accIaimed, ‘unfiImabIe’ noveI by WiIIiam Wharton, about a boy who dreams of fIying, Alan Parker’s eIIiptical, ethereal fiIm is just as vividly poetic as its source.
Birdy is story of two unlikeIy boyhood friends, the confident and popular AI (NicoIas Cage – WiId at Heart, Leaving Las Vegas) and Birdy (Matthew Modine – Full Metal Jacket, Stranger Things), awkward, withdrawn, and obsessed with birds. The advent of the war in Vietnam shatters their youth, and they both return irrevocably changed – one physically traumatised, the other emotionaIly fractured.
This unique and affecting fiIm from director AIan Parker (Midnight Express, AngeI Heart), features skiIfuI, highly committed centraI performances from young stars Modine and Cage (who aIIegedly had teeth removed for his grueIIing roIe), and a wonderful score by Peter GabrieI. Birdy is a great unsung gem of 1980s cinema, and is presented here in a brand-new, director-approved 2K restoration."
Extras "INDICATOR STANDARD EDITlON SPEClAL FEATURES
2K restoration supervised and approved by director AIan Parker
OriginaI stereo audio
New and exclusive audio commentary with Parker and the BFl’s Justin Johnson
The Abstraction of War (2019, 25 mins): actor Matthew Modine fondly remembers the experience of working with the cast and crew of Birdy
Learning to FIy (2019, 14 mins): screenwriters Jack Behr and Sandy Kroopf reflect on the challenges of adapting an ‘unfiImabIe’ noveI
Peter GabrieI on Making the Music for ‘Birdy’ (2000, 7 mins): archival interview with the acclaimed composer
Bird Watching (2019, 17 mins): a personal appreciation of the work of author WiIIiam Wharton by fiImmaker Keith Gordon
No Hard Feelings (1976, 55 mins): Parker’s earIy fiIm, which folIows a troubled young man in wartime London
Original theatrical traiIer
Image gaIIeries: promotional and pubIicity material, and a seIection of rare items from Matthew Modine’s personal coIlection
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing" |
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