Birdy

Movie • 1984 • Drama  

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Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
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Does the dog die?
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Rachelpachel
They show a dog butcher shop at about 1:20 and it’s really upsetting
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Does a horse die?
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LJConrad
Several dead horses are seen at a slaughter house and there are live horses waiting outside but no horses die during the film.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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LJConrad
The main character, a teenager, is hit in the face by his father. It is implied that his father was always abusive.
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Al is hit by his dad
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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LJConrad
Although the title character loves birds, he still catches many. Off screen his mother poisons birds. Another character sells dogs to a slaughter house.
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Does a cat die?
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Rachelpachel
Cat doesn’t die but it’s handled really roughly when it has a bird in its mouth at about 1:22
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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LJConrad
His favourite bird dies when she flies into a window. He possibly kills a snake that is attacking a seagull. Off screen his mother and the butcher kill his pigeons.
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LJConrad
Several dead horses and dogs at a slaughterhouse. Briefly when the bird dies, he holds her body in his hands as he mourns her.
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Does a dragon die?
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LJConrad
No, but there is dubious consent. At the start the main character is making out with a girl, he touches her breasts over her bra and she pushes his hand away and says she isn’t in the mood and he says that she is and continues to caress her. She is not shown to be in any distress. Later he touches a nurse’s breast and then apologises.
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Bodily Harm
Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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palla
off cam, 43 minutes
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Does someone spit?
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There is a scene where a man spits repeatedly
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Medical
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LJConrad
A lot of the film is set in a mental institution.
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The main character is in hospital at the start of the film having had reconstructive surgery on his face.
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Not exactly but the title character has to be spoon fed and often refuses to eat.
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The main character wakes up sweating, screaming and gasping due to war flashbacks.
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The main character makes out with several women, possibly having sex in one scene as they are shown writhing on the ground. A woman is topless in one scene but the title character after briefly touching her breasts is uninterested in her. The main character describes sexual acts to his friend.
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