William Wharton's allegorical WWII novel is updated to the Vietnam War in director Alan Parker's powerful drama. Wounded soldier Al (Nicolas Cage) winds up in the same stateside military hospital as his boyhood friend and fellow combat veteran Birdy (Matthew Modine), who's had a lifelong obsession with birds and flight, and works to bring him out of the catatonic stupor he's been in ever since he spent a month missing in action. John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby also star. 120 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; featurettes; interviews; photo gallery; bonus film "No Hard Feelings" (1976). Region Free