Birds Of America
Comedy, Drama
First Look Home Entertainment  (10/13/2008) 89 mins R

6.5 (1,193 votes)
Morrie (Matthew Perry) tries in vain to help his troublesome brother and sister and keep tham out of trouble. His younger brother Jay (Ben Foster) is homeless and depressed. Ida (Ginnifer Goodwin) his sister is an attention-seeking nymphomaniac, who makes a sporadic living as a photographer. Life is complicated by the fact that Morrie's wife Betty (Lauren Graham) has spent years accumulating enough money to have the baby she desperately wants. Morrie is struggling to keep things together for everybody, not helped by the fact that his siblings' behaviour causes him problems at work and in the community. Finally he comes to realise that he needs to consider himself and that anyone who really cares for him will support him rather than cause him problems....

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Cast and Crew
Ginnifer Goodwin  ......  Ida
Lindsay Allen  ......  Roller Girl
Peter Conboy  ......  Man on street
Ben Foster  ......  Jay
Jennifer Gargano  ......  Student
Daniel Eric Gold  ......  Gary
Director  .....  Craig Lucas
Producer  .....  Jana Edelbaum; Galt Niederhoffer; John Allen; Carina Alves; Galt Neiderhoffer; Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Writer  .....  Elyse Friedman
Notes
Filming Locations:
Darien, Connecticut, USA (more)

Quotes:
Jay: People need to be jolted.
Morrie: No, people need to be comforted, and you don't comfort them by satisfying your own curiosity about breaking down boundaries and rules. Some people really like their rules, they've chosen them, and you don't get to choose what rules other people obey or not; they do.
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