Birdy(1984)
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?
Movie: Birdy
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Birdy
Sergeant Al Columbato
Doctor Major Weiss
Mr. Columbato
Hannah Rourke
Renaldi
Mrs. Prevost
Birdy's Father
Birdy's Mother
Joe Sagessa
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