Birdman of Alcatraz

Format: dvd
Condition: Very Good

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Media Type: DVDs

Genres: Biography · Crime · Drama

Actors: Betty Field · Burt Lancaster · Crahan Denton · Edmond O'Brien · Hugh Marlowe · James Westerfield · Karl Malden · Neville Brand · Robert Bailey · Telly Savalas · Thelma Ritter · Whit Bissell

Directors: John Frankenheimer

Writers: Guy Trosper · Thomas E. Gaddis

Producers: Guy Trosper · Harold Hecht · Stuart Millar

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Movie / Show Details

Studio: United Artists

Distributor: MGM/UA

Music: Elmer Bernstein

Region: Region 1

Number of Discs: 1

Screen Ratio: Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) | Widescreen (1.66:1)

Subtitles: English (Closed Captioned) | French | Spanish

Runtime: 02:27

Audience: US - Approved

UPC: 027616858702

Virtual SKU: MWV.B000056HED.VG

Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 biographical drama directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster as Robert Stroud, a convict serving a life sentence in solitary confinement at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Based on a true story, the film follows Stroud’s transformation from a bitter prisoner into a self-taught ornithologist after he discovers an injured sparrow in the isolation yard. Despite his limited education and bleak prospects for freedom, Stroud nurses the bird back to health and dedicates himself to studying avian behavior, ultimately finding purpose and redemption through his work with birds. The supporting cast includes Betty Field, Edmond O’Brien, and Hugh Marlowe.

This is a single-disc DVD release from United Artists with a runtime of two hours and twenty-seven minutes and a US Approved rating. Burt Lancaster’s performance earned an Academy Award nomination, and the film remains regarded as one of the finest prison dramas ever made. You can own this classic drama on physical media at a used price.

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The condition of the disc is listed in. Used - Very Good

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