{"product_id":"birdy-le","title":"BIRDY - LE","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product_description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHIS ITEM WAS A LIMITED EDITION AND IS NOW OUT-OF-PRINT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.powerhousefilms.co.uk\/collections\/standard-editions\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/products\/birdy-bd?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=birdy\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003eSTANDARD EDITIONS ARE HERE\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e(Alan Parker, 1984)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease date: 28 October 2019 (OOP date: 16 October 2022)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLimited Edition Blu-ray (UK Blu-ray premiere)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the acclaimed, ‘unfilmable’ novel by William Wharton, about a boy who dreams of flying, Alan Parker’s elliptical, ethereal film is just as vividly poetic as its source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirdy\u003c\/em\u003e is story of two unlikely boyhood friends, the confident and popular Al (Nicolas Cage – \u003cem\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLeaving Las Vegas\u003c\/em\u003e) and Birdy (Matthew Modine – \u003cem\u003eFull Metal Jacket\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/em\u003e), awkward, withdrawn, and obsessed with birds. 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