Birdy

Coming in July on DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment is Birdy which originally was released in 1984 by Tristar Pictures. Birdy stars Matthew Modine, Nicholas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young and Bruno Kirby. Birdy is directed by Alan Parker, produced by Alan Marshall with the screen play by Sandy Kroope & Jack Behr. To escape an irrational world, Birdy, a Vietnam veteran, sits in an almost catatonic state in an Army hospital, where he has come to believe he is one of the feathered creatures of his boyhood dreams. In an effort to break Birdy’s silence, his psychiatrist brings in Al Columbato, Bird’s loyal best friend of his youth.