

“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?
Directed by David Manson, Alan Parker
User score
591 votes





Released
December 14, 1984
2h 0m
English
Budget → Revenue
$12M → $1.4M

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