Birdman of Alcatraz ( Bird man of Alcatraz )

Birdman of Alcatraz (Blu-Ray) (*)

$29.99

Alternate Title: Bird man of Alcatraz
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
142 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1962 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Frankenheimer

Written By:
Guy Trosper
Thomas E. Gaddis

Actors:
Burt Lancaster ..... Robert Franklin Stroud
Karl Malden ..... Harvey Shoemaker
Thelma Ritter ..... Elizabeth Stroud
Neville Brand ..... Bull Ransom
Betty Field ..... Stella Johnson
Telly Savalas ..... Feto Gomez
Edmond O'Brien ..... Tom Gaddis
Hugh Marlowe ..... Albert Comstock
Whit Bissell ..... Dr. Ellis
Crahan Denton ..... Kramer
James Westerfield ..... Jess Younger

Synopsis:

As an inmate at Leavenworth prison, Robert Stroud has a series of confrontations with the guards and with the other convicts. When Stroud kills a guard, he is sentenced to be executed, and only his mother's impassioned intervention gets his sentence commuted to life imprisonment, which he must serve in solitary confinement. As he serves out his sentence in boredom and despair, one day he finds a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard. Stroud soon takes a deep interest in caring for birds, which gives him a new purpose in life, but which also brings new conflicts with prison authorities.

In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud is transferred to the Leavenworth Prison convicted for murdering a man. When a guard cancels the visit of his mother, Elizabeth Stroud, due to a violation of the internal rules, he stabs and kills the guard and goes to trial three times. He is sentenced to be executed by the gallows, but his mother appeals to President Woodrow Wilson who commutes his sentence to life imprisonment. However, the warden, Harvey Shoemaker, decides to keep Stroud in solitary for the rest of his life. One day, Stroud finds a sparrow that has fallen from the nest in the yard and he raises the bird until it is strong enough to fly. Stroud finds a motivation for his life raising and caring for birds and becomes an expert in birds. He marries Stella Johnson and together they run a business, providing medicine developed by Stroud. But a few years after, Stroud is transferred to Alcatraz and has to leave his birds behind.

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 30 June, 2016.

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