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'Birds of America' (originally titled 'The Laws of Motion') is a 2008 American comedy-drama independent movie directed by Craig Lucas, written by Elyse Friedman, and starring Matthew Perry. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2008,[[http://www.sundance.org/festival/film_events/alphabetical.asp?alpha=a-c Sundance Film festival - 2008 Online Film Guide] ] It was produced by Plum Pictures.[Harvey, Dennis. [https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/birds-of-america-1200548514/ "Review. 'Birds of America' "] 'Variety', January 31, 2008]
Premise
All Morrie's wife wants is to start a family. But when Morrie's two siblings show up needing a place to stay will they be able to juggle the pressure, or will it all be too much?
Cast
*Matthew Perry as Morrie Tanager, an uptight middle-class man who has to deal with his reckless siblings[
]
*Ben Foster as Jay Tanager, Morrie's younger brother who is prone to antisocial experiments[
]
*Ginnifer Goodwin as Ida Tanager, Morrie's younger sister who is a "promiscuous, broke, itinerant artist"[
]
*Lauren Graham as Betty Tanager, Morrie's wife[
]
*Gary Wilmes as Paul,[ Morrie's and Betty's neighbor as well as a tenured professor at Morrie's school.
]
*Hilary Swank as Laura, Paul's wife[
]
*Zo Kravitz as Gillian Tanager,[ Jay's wife.
]
*Daniel Eric Gold as Gary,[ Ida's former boyfriend and Paul's brother.
]
Production
The film was shot primarily in Darien, Connecticut.
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