Birdmen: The Original Dream of Human Flight

April. 17,2012      
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The movie chronicles the history of man’s ancient desire of bird-like flight and explains the how and why of arguably the world’s most dangerous sport today.

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Reviews

Evengyny
2012/04/17

Thanks for the memories!

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Gutsycurene
2012/04/18

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

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Lela
2012/04/19

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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Darin
2012/04/20

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

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