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List Price: $14.95Price: $3.44 You Save: $11.51 (77%)Prices subject to change.
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304111369
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 6304111363
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: August 06, 1996
Running Time: 147 minutes
Sales Rank: 3562
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 03, 1962
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John Frankenheimer scored his first success with this, his third theatrical feature and his second collaboration with producer-star Burt Lancaster (they would make five films together all told). Lancaster delivers an angry, brooding performance as real-life criminal Robert Stroud, a violent killer who, while in solitary confinement, became an internationally recognized authority on birds and their diseases. Based on the book by Thomas E. Gaddis, Frankenheimer creates a portrait of a withdrawn, antisocial prisoner who discovers his own potential after reluctantly rescuing a wounded sparrow from a storm and nursing it back to health. Lancaster's quiet portrayal comes from his eyes and restrained body language, earning him his second Oscar nomination. Costars Telly Savalas (as the talkative "neighbor" from the cell next door) and Thelma Ritter (as his controlling mother) were also nominated, but Frankenheimer's sensitive direction draws equally fine performances from Neville Brand, playing against type as the prison guard who slowly befriends Stroud, and Karl Malden as the tough warden whose ideas of confinement and punishment prompted Stroud to follow-up his studies of birds with a treatise on prison reform. This somber, subdued tale offers no truly happy ending, but it does present a powerful portrait of one man's efforts to earn back his dignity and respect in the worst of conditions. --Sean Axmaker
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Birdman of Alcatraz is a perfect example of cinematic storytelling. I vividly remember seeing it in the theater when it came out, and being strongly affected by the story, and by Lancaster's portrayal of Stroud.
Unfortunately the real Stroud was nothing at all like the character depicted in the film. He was, from all accounts, a vicious sociopath, a man who killed when it suited his needs, manipulated people around him, and was able to game the prison system to his own ends.
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As someone noted previously, this role was unusual for Lancaster in that it required him to project a thoughtful, quiet intensity and and a more introverted personality, rather than the extroverted, flamboyant personalities he tended to portray before in such movies as Elmer Gantry or From Here to Eternity. Playing a convict rather than a handsome leading man, Lancaster never did anything like it before or since. Telly Savalas also turns in a notable performance many years before his well known TV ... Read More
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1962. One of John Frankenheimer's early masterpieces, based on Birdman of Alcatraz (Signet Book, D1550), features Burt Lancaster as Robert Stroud who spent more than 50 years in jail. This outstanding film will surely oppose once again the followers of the Rehabilitation thesis and those of the Repression's. As usual, only true movie lovers will agree that BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ is a masterpiece.
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2.5 hours flies by when you watch this movie. It really keeps your attention. Good actors, good acting and a true story to boot. Well worth the $ and the time to watch
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Based on the book by Tom Gaddis, who first told Stroud's remarkable story to the world, this involving tale of a caustic, antisocial man whose prison cell becomes a veritable bird sanctuary is beautifully directed by Frankenheimer. Lancaster's brooding, restrained performance steers clear of gushing sentiment, earning him an Oscar nod. Malden is excellent, too, as the peeved warden who makes it his duty to "punish" Stroud--and who gets his chance when the birdman gets transferred to "the Rock." Oscar ... Read More
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