Columbidae

Surly Squirrel (2005)

Actors: Bruce Hunter (actor), Dan Krech (producer), Peter Lepeniotis (director), Peter Lepeniotis (writer), Damian Upton (miscellaneous crew), Marissa Collyer (producer), Jackie Lynette (producer), Rob Aitchison (producer), Jason Groh (actor), Joe Giapapa (actor), Shona Glover (actress), Pranay Patel (producer), Joe Giapapa (actor), Laura Rodgers (actress), Laura Rodgers (actress),

Genres: Animation, Short,

Surly Squirrel (2005)

Actors: Bruce Hunter (actor), Dan Krech (producer), Peter Lepeniotis (director), Peter Lepeniotis (writer), Damian Upton (miscellaneous crew), Marissa Collyer (producer), Jackie Lynette (producer), Rob Aitchison (producer), Jason Groh (actor), Joe Giapapa (actor), Shona Glover (actress), Pranay Patel (producer), Joe Giapapa (actor), Laura Rodgers (actress), Laura Rodgers (actress),

Genres: Animation, Short,

Birdy (1984)

Actors: Peter Gabriel (composer), Gary Gero (miscellaneous crew), Karen Young (actress), Gerry Hambling (editor), Bruno Kirby (actor), Alan Parker (director), Matthew Modine (actor), Charles A. Tamburro (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), Marshall Bell (actor), Nancy Fish (actress), John Harkins (actor), Harry Hauss (actor), Rory Enke (miscellaneous crew), David Manson (producer),

Plot: Two friends arrive back from Vietnam, scarred in different ways. One has physical injuries, the other has mental problems that make him yearn to be a bird, a subject he has always been fascinated with.

Keywords: 1960s, atlantic-city-new-jersey, auto-repair, aviary, bandaged-face, baseball, based-on-novel, bathtub, best-friend, binoculars
Genres: Drama, War,
Taglines: A soaring experience unlike anything you've ever seen before.

Quotes:

[reaction to Al extolling the female breast]::Birdy: They're just like on a cow, but in a more stupid place.

[about his psychiatrist]::Sergeant Al Columbato: I don't trust the guy. Everything's too interesting to him.

Birdy: You ever wondered what our lives down here must look like to a bird?

Birdy: Al, sometimes you're so full of shit.

[last lines]::Birdy: [to a surprised Al, who was expecting to see Birdy dead] What?

Birdy: I guess it's kinda hard to be good at something nobody wants, huh?

Birdy: There's nothing in my life to keep me here anymore. I wish I could die and be born again as a bird.

Sergeant Al Columbato: You always were hard to hurt, Birdy. Real losers never hurt.

Birdy: Last night I flew. I really know what it feels like to fly.::Sergeant Al Columbato: Oh, you flew? How you flew?::Birdy: Well, I'm not sure. It's not something you can really take apart. When I fly, it's like in a dream. Only it's not a dream. The thing is, Al, you can't really put it into words. You just kind of have to feel it.::Sergeant Al Columbato: You're telling me you can fly like a bird?::Birdy: When I fly, Al... I am a bird.::Sergeant Al Columbato: This is getting too weird, Birdy. You gotta stop it with this.::Birdy: I thought if anybody would understand it would be you, Al.::Sergeant Al Columbato: Well, I don't. I don't even wanna hear about it.::Birdy: Why?::Sergeant Al Columbato: Because I'm tired of it! We used to have fun together. Now you are always off by yourself flying around inside your goddamn head! I hope this dream or whatever it is goes away. I think it's bullshit.

Sergeant Al Columbato: Maybe life is shitty. It is shitty. I'll tell you something. I'm not trying to pin life anymore. I don't even fucking understand it. I just want to make it through with some dignity, like everybody else. Of course, if there was any real dignity, there wouldn't be any sex.