Current and historical information on the Cannes International Film Festival, in particular with relation to American cinema. Two Philadelphian films, Witness and Birdy, take part in the 1985 Cannes International Film Festival.  By N. Dlugash

Newsweek [microform]. [0028-9604 ] [Livingston, N.J., etc., Newsweek, inc., etc.]
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Favorable review of Birdy, describing it as taking “a lot of chances”.  Describes working-class, South Philadelphia as unlikely setting.  By N. Dlugash

Kyle Counts, “Birdy”, Magill’s Cinema Annual 1985, p.93

Discussion of director/producer Alan Parker’s insistence on filming in Philadelphia (as in novel), describing it as a “background of hopelessness W.C. Fields, Birdy, or anyone else would yearn to soar above”.  By N. Dlugash

Director Alan Parker recounts difficulties in filming in Philadelphia, discusses subjects of madness and Vietnam in Birdy, compared to other films.  By N. Dlugash

Director Alan Parker compares Philadelphia with his own working-class neighborhood in London, describes Philadelphia as the “heart of this story”.  By N. Dlugash

Summary of Birdy.  By N. Dlugash

Favorable review of Birdy, citing it as director Alan Parker’s “personal best”.   By N. Dlugash