Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Original title)Birdman (Alternative title)
Dates: 2014 (Copyright), 2014 (Release)Country: USADirector: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Synopsis: An ageing actor tries to escape the typecasting he fell into when he played a popular superhero earlier in his career. He puts on a serious Broadway play to change his image, but nothing goes smoothly or as he expected.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subjects: Theatre, Acting, Fame
Releases
Date: 17 October 2014Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 119 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Date: 02 January 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 119 mins 12 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Dates: 2014 (Copyright), 2014 (Release)Country: USADirector: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Synopsis: An ageing actor tries to escape the typecasting he fell into when he played a popular superhero earlier in his career. He puts on a serious Broadway play to change his image, but nothing goes smoothly or as he expected.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subjects: Theatre, Acting, Fame
Releases
Date: 17 October 2014Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 119 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Date: 02 January 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 119 mins 12 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Credits
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©: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, ©: Inc Regency Entertainment (USA), ©: TSG Entertainment Finance LLC, ©: Monarchy Enterprises S.a.r.l., ©: TCF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation Limited Liability Company, a New Regency production: New Regency, a M Productions production: M Productions, a Le Grisbi production: Le Grisbi, Made in association with: TSG Entertainment, Financed in Association with: Worldview Entertainment, Filmed with the support of the: The New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development, With the assistance of the: Government of Canada – Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit, Production Company: Québec Tax Credit for Production Services, present: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Produced by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Produced by: John Lesher, Produced by: Arnon Milchan, Produced by: James Skotchdopole, Unit Production Manager: James W. Skotchdopole, Unit Production Manager: Robert Graf, Location Manager: Joaquin Prange, Post-production Supervisor: Eric Bergman, Post-production Supervisor: Michael Tinger, 1st Assistant Director: Peter Kohn, Script Supervisor: Eva Z. Cabrera, Written by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Written by: Nicolás Giacobone, Written by: Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Written by: Armando Bo, Play based on the Story 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Love' by: Raymond Carver, Director of Photography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Steadicam Operator: Chris Haarhoff, 1st Assistant Camera: Gregor Tavenner, Stills Photographer: Alison Rosa, Atsushi Nishijima, Visual Effects 1: Rodeo FX, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Johann Kunz, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Conrad Brink, Edited by: Douglas Crise, Steve Mirrione, Production Designer: Kevin Thompson, Art Director: Stephen H. Carter, Set Decorator: George De Titta Jr, Graphic Designer: Eric Helmin, Costume Designer: Albert Wolsky, Birdman Suit Created by: Inc. Mike Elizalde’s Spectral Motion, Department Head Make-up: Judy Chin, Department Head Hair: Jerry Popolis, Main Titles Design: BLT Communications LLC, End Titles: Scarlet Letters, Supervising Digital Colourist: Steven J. Scott, Drum Score: Antonio Sánchez, Production Sound Mixer: Thomas Varga, Re-recording Mixer: Skip Leavsay, Re-recording Mixer: Tom Ozanich, Re-recording Mixer: Jon Taylor, Re-recording Mixer: Frank A. Montaño, Supervising Sound Editor: Martín Hernández, Stunt Co-ordinator: Stephen Pope, Unit Publicist: Emma Cooper, Digital Intermediate Facility: Technicolor
Cast
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Michael Keaton (Riggan Thomson), Zach Galifianakis (Jake), Ed Norton (Mike Shiner), Andrea Riseborough (Laura), Amy Ryan (Sylvia), Emma Stone (Sam), Naomi Watts (Lesley), Lindsay Duncan (Tabitha), Merritt Wever (Annie), Jeremy Shamos (Ralph), Bill Camp (crazy man), Damian Young (Gabriel)