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Synopsis: In birding, a Big Year is seeing or hearing as many different species of birds as possible in a calendar year. Three men pursue the Birder of the Year title: Kenny Bostick, who's seen a record 732 in a past big year, Stu Preissler, newly retired, and Brad Harris, who narrates the story. Life gets in the way: Bostick's wife wants a baby, Stu's firm needs him for sensitive negotiations, and Brad, divorced and underemployed at 36, has an encouraging mom and a disapproving dad. They criss-cross the continent (including a trip to Alaska's westernmost island), follow migration patterns, and head for storms that force birds to ground. Who will win, at what cost, and with what rewards?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): David Frankel
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
41%
PG
Year:
2011
100 min
$7,100,000
Website
1,058 Views


In a couple of months,

it's gonna turn all yellow.

To celebrate his victory,

Bostick goes to China.

Only he knows the price he's paid

to be the greatest birder in the world.

Me? I still go birding most weekends.

But the truth is, I don't pay

as much attention to the birds anymore.

There's a message in the skies

and in the streets

Opportunity, the American-y dream

It's in the radio

It's superstars

The arteries and veins that feed your heart

From the Dairy Queen

to the head of the parade

In a blink your life could change

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours

Be yours someday

Someday

Someday

Someday

You come as Elvis Presley every Halloween

And dream of sing-alongs

the whole wide world will sing

Into the great unknown, Horatio

Desire and ambition fuel this heart

So take a breath and step into the light

Everything will be all right

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours

All yours someday

Someday

Someday

Someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours someday

This could all be yours

All yours someday

Someday

Someday

Someday

Someday

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Howard Franklin

Howard Franklin is an American screenwriter and film director, known for such films as The Name of the Rose and Quick Change, his collaboration with Bill Murray. His other films include The Public Eye, about a 1940s tabloid photographer modeled on the photojournalist Weegee and starring Joe Pesci; Someone to Watch Over Me and The Man Who Knew Too Little. more…

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