| Freebird | |
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| Directed by | Jon Ivay |
| Written by | Jon Ivay |
| Produced by | Stephen Woolley |
| Starring | Gary Stretch Geoff Bell Phil Daniels Peter Bowles |
| Cinematography | Stephen Woolley |
| Music by | Stephen Woolley |
Production companies | Freebird Pictures, LLC. |
| Distributed by | Phaze UK |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Freebird is a 2008 British comedy film directed by Jon Ivay and starring Gary Stretch, Geoff Bell, Phil Daniels and Peter Bowles. [1]
Three friends, Fred (Stretch), Tyg (Bell) and Grouch (Daniels), set out on a motorcycle trip to Wales in order to bring back a haul of cannabis for Fred's friend The Chairman (Bowles). What was meant to be a nice weekend in the country soon turns into an ordeal.
Along the way, they encounter revenge seeking bikers and a giant masked wrestler in the pub. Or maybe it's just those magic mushrooms they had for breakfast.
The film was shot in and around Hay-on-Wye in Wales, and London.
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