“A soaring experience unlike anything you've ever seen before.”
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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Cast & Crew
Matthew Modine
Birdy
Nicolas Cage
Sergeant Al Columbato
John Harkins
Doctor Major 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
Pat Ryan
Joe Sagessa
James Santini
Mario Columbato
Maud Winchester
Doris Robinson
Marshall Bell
Ronsky
Elizabeth Whitcraft
Rosanne
Sandra Beall
Shirley
Victoria Nekko
Claire
Crystal Field
Mrs. Columbato
John Brumfield
Mr. Kohler
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
Story & Production Details
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