Killing Birds (1988) on Netflix
College seniors go into the Louisiana swamp to find the ivory-billed woodpecker. They meet Fred Brown, a blind bird specialist, and make his former house their base.
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Plot summary
After the Vietnam War, Fred Brown comes back to Louisiana and finds his wife with another man. He kills them, and a falcon attacks him and leaves him blind. Twenty years on he lives near the swamp as a bird specialist. Steve Porter, Anne, Mary, Paul, Rob and Jennifer, college seniors, and Brian, a local cop, are sent to find the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that is nearly extinct. They meet Brown, who gives them information on the bird, and take his former house in the swamp as their base. Their first day of searching finds only a corpse rotting in an abandoned truck, and back at the house doors begin to close on their own.
Cast
- Timothy W. Wattsas Steve Porter
- Sal Maggioreas Brian(Sal Maggiore Jr.)
- Brigitte Pailletas Steve's Mother
- Nona Pailletas Steve's Grandmother
- Ellis Pailletas Steve's Grandfather
- John H. Greeneas Dr. Green
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Killing Birds (1988)
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- Crew members said producer Aristide Massaccesi, better known as Joe D'Amato, actually directed the film rather than credited director Claudio Lattanzi; Massaccesi said he took care of the special effects scenes and let Lattanzi sign as director.
- Assistant director Antonio Bonifacio said Aristide Massaccesi offered him the chance to direct the film, which he turned down, and that Claudio Lattanzi was to be credited as director only when a journalist or other visitor was on the set.
- Claudio Lattanzi's original story Il cancello obsoleto was about a record producer luring a rock band to a deserted house above buried Nazi corpses; Massaccesi had him replace the band and Nazis with birds, and rejected his title Artigli as sounding like a cat documentary.
- Two versions of Killing Birds were prepared, as with other Filmirage films: the version for foreign markets had more gore and effects, while the Italian release toned the gore down, replacing it with footage of close-ups of birds or actors.
