The film focuses on the friendship between Birdy (Modine) and Al Columbato (Cage), two teenage boys living in a working-class neighborhood in 1960s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a frame story depicting their traumatic experiences upon serving in the Vietnam War.
The film focuses on the friendship between Birdy (Modine) and Al Columbato (Cage). The friendship between Birdy (Modine) and Al Columbato (Cage) are two teenage boys. These two teenage boys are living in a working-class neighborhood in 1960s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a frame story. This frame story is depicting their traumatic experiences upon. This frame story is serving in the Vietnam War.