Birdman of Alcatraz
Stroud is convicted in Alcatraz for the rest of his life. Out of the blue, stroud rescues a sparrow and raises him until he can fly, which he can find the motivation for his life raising & caring for birds.
13 January 1913, Romania
June 13, 1913 in Toledo, Ohio, USA
2 March 1911, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 July 1927, Bakersfield, California, USA
27 August 1921, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
October 8, 1917
1 November 1905, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
January 6, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA
13 August 1895, Eastman, Georgia, USA
August 09, 2006
Even with its limping screenplay and general drift toward competence rather than excellence, Birdman does pull us well enough into its fistful of compelling characters.
May 07, 2011
An exhaustive abstraction of the John Frankenheimer social outcast
June 18, 2001
Lancaster's brilliant performance anchors Frankenheimer's fine film, a liberal-minded, optimistic celebration of the power of redemption.
July 16, 2007
This preachy bio pic is a hokey take on the birdman with Lancaster being misused on every occasion.
February 12, 2004
Absorbing biopic.
February 12, 2007
Prison biopic that's more interested in its liberal message about prison reform working for redemption than in anything else.
October 05, 2002
Lancaster is wonderful; a tribute to the human spirit.
January 08, 2011
Frankenheimer's compelling, if slightly fictionalized biopic of Robert Stroud is extremely wel acted by Burt Lancaster and the rest of the cast, including Thelma Ritter and Telly Savalas.
