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Birds of America (film)
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Wikipedia article
'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,[http://www.sundance.org/festival/film_events/alphabetical.asp?alpha=a-c Sundance Film festival - 2008 Online Film Guide] It was produced by Plum Pictures.Harvey, Dennis. [https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/birds-of-america-1200548514/ "Review. 'Birds of America' "] 'Variety', January 31, 2008
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?
Cast
*Matthew Perry as Morrie Tanager, an uptight middle-class man who has to deal with his reckless siblings
*Ben Foster as Jay Tanager, Morrie's younger brother who is prone to antisocial experiments
*Ginnifer Goodwin as Ida Tanager, Morrie's younger sister who is a "promiscuous, broke, itinerant artist"
*Lauren Graham as Betty Tanager, Morrie's wife
*Gary Wilmes as Paul, Morrie's and Betty's neighbor as well as a tenured professor at Morrie's school.
*Hilary Swank as Laura, Paul's wife
*Zo Kravitz as Gillian Tanager, Jay's wife.
*Daniel Eric Gold as Gary, Ida's former boyfriend and Paul's brother.
Production
The film was shot primarily in Darien, Connecticut.
References
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