Birds of America (film)

Birds of America
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Craig Lucas
Written by	Elyse Friedman
Produced by	Daniela Taplin Lundberg Jana Edelbaum Celine Rattray Galt Niederhoffer
Starring	Matthew Perry Ben Foster Ginnifer Goodwin Lauren Graham
Cinematography	Yaron Orbach
Edited by	Eric Kissack
Music by	Ahrin Mishan
Production companies	Plum Pictures iDeal Partners Film Fund
Distributed by	Myriad Pictures (international)
Release date	January 24, 2008 (2008-01-24)(Sundance Film Festival)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$150,278

Birds of America (originally titled The Laws of Motion) is a 2008 American comedy-drama independent movie directed by Craig Lucas, written by Elyse Friedman, and starring Matthew Perry. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2008, ^[1] It was produced by Plum Pictures. ^[2]

Premise

All Morrie's wife wants is to start a family. But when Morrie's two siblings show up needing a place to stay will they be able to juggle the pressure, or will it all be too much? ^[1]

Cast

• Matthew Perry as Morrie Tanager, an uptight middle-class man who has to deal with his reckless siblings ^[1]
• Ben Foster as Jay Tanager, Morrie's younger brother who is prone to antisocial experiments ^[1]
• Ginnifer Goodwin as Ida Tanager, Morrie's younger sister who is a "promiscuous, broke, itinerant artist" ^[1]
• Lauren Graham as Betty Tanager, Morrie's wife ^[1]
• Gary Wilmes as Paul, ^[1] Morrie's and Betty's neighbor as well as a tenured professor at Morrie's school.
• Hilary Swank as Laura, Paul's wife ^[1]
• Zoë Kravitz as Gillian Tanager, ^[1] Jay's wife.
• Daniel Eric Gold as Gary, ^[1] Ida's former boyfriend and Paul's brother.

Production

The film was shot primarily in Darien, Connecticut.

References

1. Sundance Film festival - 2008 Online Film Guide Archived 2008-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
2. Harvey, Dennis. "Review. 'Birds of America' " Variety, January 31, 2008

External links

• Birds of America at IMDb
• Birds of America at Rotten Tomatoes