Bird of the Air, A2011

Director
Margaret Whitton

Acters

Rachel Nichols (Fiona)
Jackson Hurst (Lyman)
Anjanette Comer (Mrs. Weber)
Linda Emond (Margie)
Buck Henry (Duncan Weber)
Judith Ivey (Eleanor Reeves)

A parrot and a librarian upend the well-ordered life of a solitary man.
Lyman is a loner, working the graveyard shift for the Courtesy Patrol. When a green parrot flies in to his trailer he becomes obsessed with finding its owner, which leads him to Fiona. She has been eyeing Lyman from a distance and decides to help with his parrot search, whether he wants her to or not. The pair set off on a search that doesnʼt always lead them where they think theyʼre going, but gradually leads them to one another.
“A lovely modern screwball comedy that only hard-hearted cynics will resist. An unexpected bonus comes with the delightful stream of old pro’s as… master storytellers.” – Nora Lee Mandel, Film-Forward.com
“’A Bird of the Air’ is a gently involving character dramedy with a pair of appealing leads who help give this offbeat movie flight.” – Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
“Quirky screwball romance has many original points of interest.” – David Noh, Film Journal International