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First time watching this amazing movie


For the longest time, I thought I had seen this. Maybe I had it confused with the Charlie Parker movie? No idea.

Anyway, just 16 minutes in, but those outfits!

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Interesting that you'd confuse this with a Charlie Parker movie. It's definitely one of my favorite Alan Parker movies growing up. Great soundtrack by Peter Gabriel as well.

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Well I'm not 100% sure that's it, but the titles are pretty similar, just one letter different... and both from the 80s.

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Oh I see, yeah but Charlie Parker's movie got way more attention and critical acclaim from what I remember, but it came out years after this one.

Birdy was out for like two weeks where I lived but I made a point to see it because I was a fan of Peter Gabriel and I was into Pink Floyd's The Wall, which also was directed by Alan.

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I like Peter Gabriel, and I recognized Alan Parker's name in the credits, probably from Angel Heart?

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