A Bird of the Air

2011

A Bird of the Air

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A sassy parrot and a free-spirited librarian upend the well-ordered life of a solitary man. Lyman (Jackson Hurst) 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(Rachel Nichols). She has been eyeing Lyman from a distance and decides to help with his parrot search, whether he wants her to or not. Along with her basset hound, they set out on a quest to find the bird's previous owners and Fiona begins to unravel the mysteries of Lyman's past. But when Fiona joins Lyman on his nightly rounds, she witnesses a reality more intense than the romantic version she had envisioned. -- (C) Paladin
  • Rating:
    PG-13
  • Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Directed By:
    Margaret Whitton
  • Written By:
    Roger Towne
  • In Theaters:
     limited
  • On Disc/Streaming:
  • Box Office:
    $10,152
  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    Paladin Films

Cast

Rachel Nichols
as Fiona James
Jackson Hurst
as Lyman
Anjanette Comer
as Ella Weber
Buck Henry
as Duncan Weber
Linda Emond
as Margie
Todd La Tourrette
as Tom
Bernardo P. Saracino
as Neil
Kevin Skousen
as Frank
Genia Michaela
as Amber
Carmela Rappazzo
as Professor Paquet
Matte Osian
as Trucker
Judith Ivey
as Eleanor Reeves
Kaiulani Lee
as Mrs. Blair
Rocco Sisto
as Campus Security Guard
Michael Sheets
as John
Paul Twitchell
as Paul
Carrie Fleming
as Reference Librarian
Erik Jensen
as Mustang Man
Jessamyn Blakeslee
as Dying Woman
Gary Farmer
as Charles Ballard
Louis Zorich
as Eli Stowalski
Juliet Lopez
as Dr. Reynosa
Kat Sawyer
as Billy Weber
Jocelyn Towne
as Sue Weber
Phyllis Somerville
as Ivy Campbell
Stephanie Jones
as Dr. Dougherty
Oscar and Meyer
as Mr. Roosevelt/Zane
Meyer
as Mr. Roosevelt/Zane
George
as Floyd
Brandy Norwood
as Eleanor Reeves' Dog
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Audience Reviews for A Bird of the Air

  • Jul 21, 2014
    In "A Bird of the Air," Lyman(Jackson Hurst, of "Drop Dead Diva") is a loner who works nights for the New Mexico highway department. Otherwise, he spends his free time taking classes at the local community college and eats at a nearby diner. That holds true until an exotic parrot drops into his lap at the trailer where he lives. While researching the true owner of the parrot and the meaning behind his enigmatic sayings, Lyman runs into Fiona(Rachel Nichols, of "The Inside," "Alias," and "Continuum" but not the Rachel Nichols who works for ESPN), an itinerant librarian. "A Bird of the Air" is a engaging and amusing romantic comedy that refreshingly relies on a cute dog for its charm this time around, instead of the usual cute baby. Beneath the surface, the movie is about the quest for knowledge and how that can improve one's life, with the mythical west as a background. That's not to mention Rachel Nichols' winning goofy performance in a definite change of pace for her.
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