The Birthday (film)

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The Birthday
Directed by Eugenio Mira
Screenplay by
  • Mikel Alvariño
  • Eugenio Mira
Produced byIbon Cormenzana
Starring
CinematographyUnax Mendía
Edited byAlejo Levis
Music byChucky Namanera
Release dates
  • December 2004 (2004-12)(Sitges)
  • 10 November 2006 (2006-11-10)(Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageEnglish

The Birthday is a 2004 film directed by Eugenio Mira which stars Corey Feldman alongside Jack Taylor and Erica Prior. It features comedy, thriller, horror, and fantasy elements. [1]

Contents

Plot

Set in 1987, the plot follows Norman Forrester, a guy who attends the birthday of his girlfriend's father, involving himself into a conspiracy pertaining doomsday cults. [2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Mikel Alvariño alongside Eugenio Mira. [5] Mira also scored the film. [6] Shooting locations included Terrassa. [6]

Release

The film premiered in the official selection of the 2004 Sitges Film Festival. [7] Its festival run also included screenings at CineMuerte Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, and Fantastic Fest. [7] It was released theatrically in Spain on 10 November 2006. [5] In 2021, Filmin acquired streaming rights to the film. [8] In 2023, Jordan Peele programmed screenings of The Birthday at Film at Lincoln Center. [7] [9]

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  2. ↑ A.B (17 November 2006). "Intensidad claustrofóbica". Metrópoli– via El Mundo.
  3. ↑ Vega, Kiko (28 June 2020). "'The Birthday': el misterioso debut de Eugenio Mira sigue siendo una obra maestra de culto". Espinof.
  4. 1 2 3 4 ""Sala 33" va emetre, "THE BIRTHDAY"". TV3 . 9 May 2008 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
  5. 1 2 "The Birthday". Fotogramas . 29 May 2008.
  6. 1 2 "Corey Feldman protagoniza 'The Birthday', primera película de Eugenio Mira, una historia "entre Spielberg y David Lynch"". Europa Press . 9 April 2004.
  7. 1 2 3 Fez, Desirée de (25 January 2023). "Jordan Peele da una nueva vida a 'The birthday', la ópera prima de Eugenio Mira, 20 años después". El Periódico de Catalunya .
  8. ↑ Otero, César (29 September 2021). "Estrenos Filmin para octubre 2021: Novedades y estrenos, la polémica Crash". Meristation– via As.
  9. ↑ Bilandic, Michael M. (13 January 2023). ""I Like the Avant-Garde. I'm an Artist.": Corey Feldman in Conversation with Michael M. Bilandic". ScreenSlate.
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