Birds on Screen (film/tv/online options/etc.)

I've scanned the dormant files for reference to films about or containing or even mentioning birds, and don't see any, so it might be advantageous to have one separate from the fiction books thread.

Yesterday, I made mention of The Big Year (2011) which I was pleased to see had other fans also.
Enjoyable elements:
* Corbin Bernsen cameo (snowcocks)
* Brian Dennehy under the tree near the Great Gray Owl
* Anjelica Huston in braids

The Notebook (2004)
Enjoyable elements:
* 'if you're a bird then I'm a bird'
* gorgeous cinematography of birds flying at dawn and/or dusk
* snow geese (faked by CGI but adorable)
* Nick Cassavetes did a great job filming his mom Gena Rowlands

Another dvd that popped into my head was O (2001) directed by Tim Blake Nelson. What does the story of Othello have to do with birds, you ask?!

Enjoyable elements:
* school mascot is a live hawk, which factors into the basketball storyline frequently
* doves create a perfect contrast in metaphor for the 'innocents'
* althought the classic Othello plot by Shakespeare has been updated and rewritten to reflect drug culture, jealousy and violence in a contemporary high school setting, it was remarkably well done
* dvd Director Commentary is outstanding and made me a huge fan of Tim Blake Nelson and his mental acuity
* poor Coach Duke (Martin Sheen) gets blamed for the 'unrest'
* Odin/Othello, Hugo/Iago, Desi/Desdemona, Brable/Brabantio, Emily/Emilia, Michael/Cassio, Roger/Roderigo, Brandy/Bianca, etc.
* fun fact, Rain Phoenix plays the role of Emily
* filmed in Charleston, South Carolina

I have no idea what type of hawk it is, but if anyone can identify it from the trailer it would be nice to know...

Josh Hartnett also starred in Black Hawk Down (2001) which was released the same year as O, although O was filmed 3yrs prior. TBN was editing the movie at night while filming O Brother, Where Art Thou? during the day, which he said was insane but fulfilling.
(per IMDb trivia page)

Enjoyable elements:
* story based on true to life historical military figures and events
* featured real Black Hawk helicopters, as only Ridley Scott can do
* actors put through boot camp prior to filming

More films I've seen/own (dvd or vhs):
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Peck

Other films I've seen but don't own:
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) Newman
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) Lancaster
The Birds (1963) Tippi Hedren
The Raven (1963) Karloff/Lorre/Price
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Nicholson
Top Gun (1986) nicknames 'Goose' and 'Merlin', etc.
The Crow (1994) Brandon Lee
The Birdcage (1996) Lane/Williams
Hoot (2006) Nelson/Wilson/Lerman/Larson/Gregg
The Raven (2012) Cusack/Eve

Others I'm aware of but likely won't see:
The Wild Geese (1978) Burton/Harris/Moore
Birdy (1984) Cage/Modine
Hawks (1988) Dalton/Edwards
Lonesome Dove (1989) tv mini-series with Duvall/Jones/Glover/Lane/Huston
A Murder of Crows (1999) Berenger/Gooding Jr.
Black Swan (2010)
A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)
Lady Bird (2017) Ronan
Bird Box (2018) Bullock
The Painted Bird (2019) Keitel/Skarsgaard/Pepper
Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn (2020)

FILMS/TV FOR CHILDREN

The Swan Princess (1994) Jack Palance/villain, Steve Wright/turtle named Speed
Chicken Run (2000)
Stellaluna (2002) dvd (about a lost baby bat surrounded by an odd assortment of birds)
Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011) Elijah Wood
Kung Fu Panda (2008) the adorable James Hong as Mr.Ping, David Cross as Crane
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) villainous white peacock Shen voiced by Gary Oldman
Rio (2011) and Rio 2 (2014) Jesse Eisenberg
Storks (2016)
The Wild Life (2016) red parrot (Max) and blue ?!? (Kiki)
The Angry Birds Movie (2016) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
(my daughter has the dvds for all)

Paulie (1998) Jay Mohr/Gena Rowlands
Fly Away Home (1996) Paquin/Daniels
(we had the vhs tapes)

Seen but not owned:
Chicken Little (2005)

Not seen yet:
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
The Blue Bird (1976) Taylor/Gardner/Fonda
The Blue Bird (1940) Temple/Bruce

Honourable Mention:
* Owl in Winnie the Pooh
* Big Bird on Sesame Street
* Foghorn Leghorn the Rooster
* Archimedes the Owl teaching Wart (wren?) to fly in The Sword in the Stone (1963)
* Jeremy the Crow in The Secret of NIMH voiced by Dom DeLuise
* The Great Owl in The Secret of NIMH (1982) voiced by John Carradine
* the crows in Turbo (2013) and in Dumbo (1941)
* the gulls in Eight Below (2006)
* Tweety (and Sylvester)
* Sam the Eagle from The Muppets
* the shifty penguin in Wallace & Gromit
* Huey Dewey Louie and Donald and Daisy Duck
* the helpful songbirds in Cinderella (1950)
* Uncle Waldo, Abigail, Amelia from The Aristocats (1970)
* the albatross (Buddy Hacket) and the Golden Eagle in The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

There's the classic 1963 film The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock.

>5 frahealee: >7 John5918: I just happened to add it, you're quicker on the draw than expected! I had to double check the year...

Kes, the 1969 Ken Loach film based on Barry Hines's A kestrel for a knave. I remember the film at the time as being powerful stuff. I've not read the book.

>6 frahealee: - Honourable Mention:

How could you forget The Road Runner?!

I loved Foghorn Leghorn and The Road Runner when I was a youngster--and not so young, for that matter; I seem to remember them repeated on British TV for years--decades, perhaps.

>10 alaudacorax: Excellent input! I thought Acme was a real company, very slick delivery process!

>7 John5918: And related films; The Girl (2012), etc.

I was going to list the other 2012 film with Tony Hopkins and Helen Mirren but it was about the making of Psycho, not The Birds.

I plan to read the original story before the year's out, since I haven't yet, and Daphne du Maurier is currently on my gothic/weird radar. Research tells me it's about a boy in the woods who predicts the 'fallout' but is hepless to prevent devastating circumstances.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The 1973 film was based on Richard Bach's book of the same name (1968). I've not seen the film, which seems not to have been well received at the time. However, somehow I have read the book, probably at school given the number of times Christianity and schools are mentioned in the members' reviews.

>6 frahealee: This is getting a bit unruly, so time for another segment:

The Mighty Ducks (1992) Emilio Estevez
The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) with Martin Short, Jim Belushi, Tim Curry - enough said!

Honourable Mention:
* Vlad the Vulture (voiced by Will Arnett) in Horton Hears a Who (2008)
* the goose (voiced by Agnes Moorehead) in Charlotte's Web (1973)
* barnyard birds in Racing Stripes (2005); Goose the Pelican (voiced by Joe Pantoliano), Reggie the Rooster (voiced by Jeff Foxworthy)
* thrifty penguin named Martini in Olive, the Other Reindeer (voiced by Joe Pantaliano)
* Daffy Duck / Darkwing Duck
* Rooster the dog voiced by Harrison Ford in Secret Life of Pets 2

Another bird-related movie is LadyHawke (1985) with Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

No schools open today in Ontario, so watching How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) with my daughter revealed an unknown short film in the bonus features called Bird Karma.

Incidentally, animators of the Dragon franchise at DreamWorks used several birds for inspiration; sparrow, hummingbird, parrot, owl, etc.

The Raven Boys inspired a tv movie The Raven Cycle (2019/2020?) directed by Catherine Hardwicke.

The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), which is based on a book of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, although the falcon in question is only a statuette.

>18 John5918: But of course! I enjoyed the audiobook version before watching the film last year for the first time, and both really hold up to the hype.