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Birds of America is a american film of genre Drama directed by Craig Lucas released in USA on 9 october 2008 with Matthew Perry

Birds of America (2008)

Birds of America
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Released in USA 9 october 2008
Length 1h25
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating59% 2.9977152.9977152.9977152.9977152.997715

Birds of America is an American independent comedy-drama film 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, It was produced by Plum Pictures.

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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?

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