Birds of America is an offbeat American family dramedy directed by Craig Lucas

Craig Lucas

Craig Lucas is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director.-Biography:...

, written by Elyse Friedman, and starring Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry (actor)

Matthew Langford Perry is a Canadian-American actor and comedian, best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Chandler Bing on the popular, long-running NBC television sitcom Friends...

. It premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival

2008 Sundance Film Festival

The 2008 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 17, 2008 to January 27 in Park City, Utah. It was the 24th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. The opening night film was In Bruges and the closing night film was CSNY Déjà Vu.-Films:...

. It was produced by Plum Pictures

Plum Pictures

Plum Pictures was founded in 2003 by Galt Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray and Daniela Taplin Lundberg. Based in downtown Manhattan, the company produces three to four films a year, with a focus on both studio and independent films...

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Plot

A middle-class man, who had to finish raising his odd younger siblings when his parents died, is forced to take them under his roof when they show up needing a place to stay.

Cast

• Matthew Perry
  Matthew Perry (actor)
  Matthew Langford Perry is a Canadian-American actor and comedian, best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Chandler Bing on the popular, long-running NBC television sitcom Friends...
  
   as Morrie Tanager, an uptight middle-class man who has to deal with his reckless siblings
• Ben Foster as Jay, Morrie's younger brother who is prone to antisocial experiments
• Ginnifer Goodwin as Ida, Morrie's younger sister who is a "promiscuous, broke, itinerant artist"
• Lauren Graham
  Lauren Graham
  Lauren Helen Graham is an American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the WB Network dramedy series Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.-Early life:...
  
   as Betty, 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
  Hilary Swank
  Hilary Ann Swank is an American actress. Swank's film career began with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then a major part in The Next Karate Kid , as Julie Pierce, the first female protégé of sensei Mr. Miyagi...
  
   as Laura, Paul's wife
• Zoë Kravitz
  Zoe Kravitz
  Zoë Isabella Kravitz is an American actress, singer and model. She is the daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. She has appeared in the films The Brave One with Jodie Foster, and No Reservations with Catherine Zeta-Jones...
  
   as Gillian, Jay's wife.
• Daniel Eric Gold
  Daniel Eric Gold
  Daniel Eric Gold is an American theater, TV and movie actor. He attended Lee Strasberg's Theater Institute as a teenager, and went on to graduate from Penn State in 1996, with a degree in Theater Arts....
  
  as Gary, Ida's former boyfriend and Paul's brother.