| release date: | March 1, 2002
Tuesday June 25, 2002 (dvd) |
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| genre: | Comedy |
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| running time: | 100 min. |
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| director: | Sturla Gunnarsson |
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| studio: | Lions Gate Films |
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| producer(s): | Paul Pope, Janet York |
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| screenplay: | Edward Riche |
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| cast: | William Hurt, Andy Jones, Molly Parker, Cathy Jones |
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Rare Birds Movie Synopsis
For years, Dave Purcell (Hurt) has been running The Auk, a haute cuisine restaurant on a tiny Newfoundland inlet, and is ready to call it quits on his marriage and his business. All
seems lost until Dave's neighbour, Alphonse Murphy (A. Jones), proposes a mad yet ingenious scheme
to save The Auk. Alphonse convinces Dave to fabricate a sighting of a rare bird in the vicinity
of the restaurant. The plan is a success and the restaurant is soon crawling with well-heeled
gastronomes, vain celebrities and bellicose politicos.
Meanwhile, Alphonse has an agenda of his own, including the salvage of some cocaine
and the secret manufacture of a "recreational submarine vehicle", the revelation of
which threatens to expose Dave's bird hoax.
I'm from the Rock. Excellent depiction of life in Nfld ... A blast from the past. Very funny,witty,intresting characters,tells a good yarn as they say back home. the scenery evokes nostalgis longing of days gone bye. Simply charming.
Laughed my arse off!!! Great little Canadian film. Clever script, fine acting. I would recommend this movie to anyone!
One of the funniest movies I've seen