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.
1 November 1905, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6 January 1902, Wisconsin, USA
25 October 1909, New York City, New York, USA
March 23, 1918 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1939, Akron, Ohio, USA
October 20, 1915 in Hopedale, Massachusetts, USA
4 November 1922, West Plains, Missouri, USA
22 March 1912, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 August 1904, New York, USA
2 March 1911, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
21 January 1911, The Bronx, New York, USA
21 January 1922, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
10 October 1920, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 March 1914, Seattle, Washington, USA
14 June 1930, Cumberland, Maryland, USA
2 November 1920, New York City, New York, USA
5 November 1938, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
26 April 1904, Thessaly, Greece
29 November 1907, Eatonton, Georgia, USA
20 September 1897, Vevay, Indiana, USA
10 September 1915, New York City, New York, USA
2 September 1909, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
11 November 1906, Malta, Ohio, USA
March 16, 1918 in Richmond, New York, USA
January 21, 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
January 6, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA
21 February 1905, Larchmont, New York, USA
16 February 1905, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
15 December 1911, New York City, New York, USA
21 March 1923, Pelham Manor, New York, USA
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.February 12, 2004
Absorbing biopic.October 05, 2002
Lancaster is wonderful; a tribute to the human spirit.May 07, 2011
An exhaustive abstraction of the John Frankenheimer social outcastJuly 16, 2007
This preachy bio pic is a hokey take on the birdman with Lancaster being misused on every occasion.June 18, 2001
Lancaster's brilliant performance anchors Frankenheimer's fine film, a liberal-minded, optimistic celebration of the power of redemption.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.February 12, 2007
Prison biopic that's more interested in its liberal message about prison reform working for redemption than in anything else.