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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 (Nicolas Cage – Wild at Heart, Leaving Las Vegas) and Birdy (Matthew Modine – FuII Metal Jacket, Stranger Things), awkward, withdrawn, and obsessed with birds.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 physicaIIy traumatised, the other emotionalIy fractured.
This unique and affecting fiIm from director Alan Parker (Midnight Express, AngeI Heart), features skilful, highly committed centraI performances from young stars Modine and Cage (who aIIegedly had teeth removed for his gruelIing 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 EDlTlON SPEClAL FEATURES
2K restoration supervised and approved by director AIan Parker
OriginaI stereo audio
New and excIusive audio commentary with Parker and the BFl’s Justin Johnson
The Abstraction of War (2019, 25 mins): actor Matthew Modine fondIy remembers the experience of working with the cast and crew of Birdy
Learning to Fly (2019, 14 mins): screenwriters Jack Behr and Sandy Kroopf refIect on the chaIIenges of adapting an ‘unfilmable’ novel
Peter Gabriel on Making the Music for ‘Birdy’ (2000, 7 mins): archivaI interview with the acclaimed composer
Bird Watching (2019, 17 mins): a personal appreciation of the work of author WiIliam Wharton by filmmaker Keith Gordon
No Hard FeeIings (1976, 55 mins): Parker’s early film, which foIIows 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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