Birdy (DVD)

In 1984 Director Alan Parker made this very powerful and moving drama about two friends (played by Nic cage & Matthew Modine) affected by the Vietnam war - one physically, the other mentally. Both Cage and Modine give brilliant performances and work together very well. It’s a very emotional film, disturbing in a way but certainly a must see, and the ending is truly bizarre! Incidentally I’d never seen this film until I rented it on DVD one day, the best format to watch any movie of course! ...

This is a lovely film, sensitively portrayed. I had heard nothing about what this film was about but watched it because I was on a mission to see every film Nicolas Cage had ever been in. I had assumed that like a lot of his earlier work this would be a bit odd. Granted it is not a run of the mill film but it is a lovely story with a great twist at the end. It is about two men (Cage and Modine) who have come back from the war - Cage with physical injuries and 'Birdy' (Mathew Modine) with psychological problems. It centres around Cage (can't remember what he's called in the film maybe Al) visting 'Birdy' in his hospital room and trying to get him ...