"Birdman of Alcatraz (film) Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 American biographical drama film starring Burt Lancaster and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a largely fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, a federal prison inmate known as the ""Birdman of Alcatraz"" because of his life with birds. In spite of the title, much of the action is set at Leavenworth Prison, where Stroud was jailed with his birds. When moved to Alcatraz he was not allowed to keep any pets. The film was adapted by Guy Trosper from the 1955 book by Thomas E. Gaddis. It was"
"Robert Stroud Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the ""Birdman of Alcatraz"", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States. During his time at Leavenworth Penitentiary, he reared and sold birds and became a respected ornithologist, although regulations did not allow him to keep birds at Alcatraz, where he was incarcerated from 1942 to 1959. Stroud was never released from the federal prison system; he was imprisoned from 1909 to his death in 1963. Born in Seattle, Washington,"
"him. Several video games such as ""Galerians"" and ""Team Fortress 2"" pay homage to him. Bibliography Robert Stroud Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the ""Birdman of Alcatraz"", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States. During his time at Leavenworth Penitentiary, he reared and sold birds and became a respected ornithologist, although regulations did not allow him to keep birds at Alcatraz, where he was incarcerated from 1942 to 1959. Stroud was never released from the federal"
"Birdman (film) Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), commonly known simply as Birdman, is a 2014 American black comedy film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. It was written by Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo. The film stars Michael Keaton with a supporting cast of Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts. The story follows Riggan Thomson (Keaton), a faded Hollywood actor best known for playing the superhero ""Birdman"", as he struggles to mount a Broadway adaptation of a short story by Raymond Carver. The film covers the period of"
"at Alcatraz, ""Whenever Stroud was around anyone, which was seldom, he was watched very closely, as prison officials were very aware of his overt homosexual tendencies."" In an interview with Hurley for his book, a former inmate heard Stroud was always in 'dog block' (solitary confinement) or later in the hospital because he was a 'wolf' (aggressive homosexual) who had a bad temper."" In February 1963 Stroud met and talked with actor Burt Lancaster, who portrayed him in ""The Birdman of Alcatraz"". Stroud never got to see the film or read the book it was based on but did share"
"Upon Stroud's death, his personal property, including original manuscripts, was delivered to English, as his last legal representative, who later turned over some of the possessions to the Audubon Society. Stroud became the subject of a 1955 book by Thomas E. Gaddis, ""Birdman of Alcatraz"". Gaddis, who strongly advocated rehabilitation in the prisons, portrayed Stroud in favorable light. This was adapted by Guy Trosper for the 1962 film of the same name, directed by John Frankenheimer. It starred Burt Lancaster as Stroud, Karl Malden as a fictionalized and renamed warden, and Thelma Ritter as Stroud's mother. Both the book and"
"was sentenced to life imprisonment in solitary confinement after stabbing a guard to death in Leavenworth Federal prison in Kansas. Stroud was serving time in Leavenworth as a consequence of a slaying he committed in Alaska. While in solitary in Leavenworth, Stroud became an expert on birds, writing ""Stroud's Digest of the Diseases of Birds"" in Leavenworth from 1939 to 1941. The 1962 film ""Birdman of Alcatraz"" starred Burt Lancaster as Stroud. Gaddis was portrayed by Edmond O'Brien. Gaddis worked as a court consultant and on various writing projects. He is also well known for the following quote: He died"
"Supreme Court's only option was to order Speck re-sentenced to prison by the original Cook County court. On November 21, 1972, in Peoria, Judge Richard Fitzgerald re-sentenced Speck from 400 to 1,200 years in prison (eight consecutive sentences of 50 to 150 years). He was denied parole in seven minutes at his first parole hearing on September 15, 1976, and at six subsequent hearings in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, and 1990. While incarcerated at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, Speck was given the nickname ""Birdman"" after the film ""Birdman of Alcatraz"", because he kept a pair"
"on the Diseases of Birds"", has the same content but with some revisions and updated specific information. Diseases of Canaries Diseases of Canaries is a 1933 book by Robert Stroud, better known by his prison nickname of ""The Bird Man of Alcatraz"". He wrote it while serving a life sentence at Leavenworth Penitentiary. ""Diseases of Canaries"" is a comprehensive work which contains much information on: Anatomy – Feeding – Feeding Experiments – Insects and Parasites – The Moult – Injuries – Septic Fever – Septicemia – Necrosis – Diarrhoea – Aspergillosis – Bacteriology – Pathogenic Organisms – Drugs. This is"
"Diseases of Canaries Diseases of Canaries is a 1933 book by Robert Stroud, better known by his prison nickname of ""The Bird Man of Alcatraz"". He wrote it while serving a life sentence at Leavenworth Penitentiary. ""Diseases of Canaries"" is a comprehensive work which contains much information on: Anatomy – Feeding – Feeding Experiments – Insects and Parasites – The Moult – Injuries – Septic Fever – Septicemia – Necrosis – Diarrhoea – Aspergillosis – Bacteriology – Pathogenic Organisms – Drugs. This is one of two books on canaries written by the author Robert Stroud. His other book, ""Stroud's Digest"
"the film were highly fictionalized, with former inmates stating that Stroud was far more sinister and unpleasant than the character depicted in them. Stroud was never allowed to see the film. Art Carney played Stroud in the 1980 TV movie """", and Dennis Farina played Stroud in the 1987 TV movie ""Six Against the Rock"", a dramatization of the Battle of Alcatraz of 1946. In music, Stroud has been the subject of the instrumental ""Birdman of Alcatraz"" from ""Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record"" (1977), a concept album about criminality, and the song ""The Birdman"" by Our Lady Peace is also about"
"Clarence Carnes Clarence Victor Carnes (January 14, 1927 – October 3, 1988), known as The Choctaw Kid, was a Choctaw best known as the youngest inmate incarcerated at Alcatraz and for his participation in the bloody escape attempt known as the ""Battle of Alcatraz"". Clarence Carnes was born in Daisy, Oklahoma, the oldest of five children. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at the age of 16 for the murder of a garage attendant during an attempted hold-up. In early 1945, he escaped from the Granite Reformatory with a number of other prisoners, but was recaptured and sentenced to an"
"(1970)"", Pretty Maids All in a Row"" (1971), ""Lisa and the Devil"" (1973), ""Inside Out"" (1975), and ""Escape to Athena"" (1979). He then starred as television's ""Kojak"" (1973–78), co-starring his brother George Savalas. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ""Birdman of Alcatraz"" (1962). The second of five children, Telly Savalas was born Aristotelis Savalas on January 21, 1924, in Garden City, New York, to Greek American parents Christina (née Kapsalis; 1904–88), a New York City artist who was a native of Sparta, and Nick Savalas [Tsavalas] (1904–48), a Greek restaurant owner."
"the island of Alcatraz, a former military stockade, began its service as a federal maximum security prison, housing notorious inmates such as Al Capone, and Robert Franklin Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz. San Francisco later celebrated its regained grandeur with a World's fair, the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939–40, creating Treasure Island in the middle of the bay to house it. During World War II, the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard became a hub of activity, and Fort Mason became the primary port of embarkation for service members shipping out to the Pacific Theater of Operations. The explosion of jobs"
"The Birdmen The Birdmen also known as Escape of the Birdmen and Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen is a 1971 television film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Doug McClure and René Auberjonois. It was a fictionalised account based on a proposed scheme for prisoners of war to escape from Colditz Castle by a clandestinely constructed glider christened the Colditz Cock. The movie appeared on the ""ABC Movie of the Week"" on September 18, 1971. The film was shot at Universal Studios Hollywood and released theatrically in several countries. O.S.S. Agent Major Cook is sent to Occupied Europe to bring"
"following two years (with two different actors) before being taken off the air in 1962, by which time Bailey had virtually given up acting. Near the end of the 1962 film ""Birdman of Alcatraz"", he can be seen as one of the reporters gathered around Burt Lancaster and Edmond O'Brien. (O'Brien had portrayed Johnny Dollar on the radio from 1950 to 1952.) Bailey's role was only a bit, and most of his dialogue was dubbed by another actor. Bailey struggled with alcoholism as his health declined, but did recover toward the end of his life. He died in Lancaster, California,"
"them to fly up in a great cloud and with a noise like a hurricane."" The California brown pelican (""Pelecanus occidentalis californicus"") is not known to nest on the island today. The Spanish built several small buildings on the island and other minor structures. The earliest recorded owner of the island of Alcatraz is Julian Workman, to whom it was given by Mexican governor Pio Pico in June 1846, with the understanding that Workman would build a lighthouse on it. Julian Workman is the baptismal name of William Workman, co-owner of Rancho La Puente and personal friend of Pio Pico."
"Alexander Milton Ross Alexander Milton Ross, (December 13, 1832 – October 27, 1897), was born in Belleville, Upper Canada and died in Detroit, Michigan. Ross was an agent for the secret Underground Railroad slave escape network, known in that organization and among slaves as ""The Birdman"" for his preferred cover story as an ornithologist. Alexander Milton Ross is the author of many books: ""Recollections of an Abolitionist"" (Montreal, 1867) ; ""Birds of Canada"" (1872) ; ""Butterflies and Moths of Canada"" (1873); ""Flora of Canada"" (1873); ""Forest Trees of Canada"", (1874); ""Ferns and Wild Flowers of Canada"" (1877) ; ""Mammals, Reptiles,"
"name ""Isla de Alcatraces"", ""island of the pelicans"", and what is now Yerba Buena Island, ""on account of the abundance of those birds that were on it"". The name was transferred in 1826 to Alcatraz Island. The word ""Alcatraz"" comes from Spanish, which in turn was a probably a loan word from Arabic, القطرس ""al-qaṭrās"" meaning ""sea eagle"". The pelicans native to San Francisco Bay are brown pelicans. Juan de Ayala Juan Manuel de Ayala y Aranza (28 December 1745 – 30 December 1797) was a Spanish naval officer who played a significant role in the European exploration of California,"
"Burt Lancaster Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing ""tough guys"", he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles. He was nominated four times for Academy Awards, and won once for his work in ""Elmer Gantry"" in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe Award for that performance and BAFTA Awards for ""Birdman of Alcatraz"" (1962) and ""Atlantic City"" (1980). During the 1950s his production company Hecht-Hill-Lancaster was highly successful, making films such as ""Trapeze"" (1956), ""Sweet Smell of Success"" (1957), ""Run Silent,"
"island (they collected eggs from the large flock of birds that regularly gathered there), Alcatraz got its name in 1775 only when Juan de Ayala, a Spaniard was engaged to survey the harbor and the San Francisco Bay. Since he observed pelicans in large numbers on the island he named the island as ""Isla de los Alcatraces"" meaning the ""Island of Pelicans"". The island is separated from the main land by more than . The gold rush and the inherent risk of the choppy waters of the west coast prompted the urgent need for establishing lighthouses. Congress recognized the need"
"Alcatraz"" marks the fifth and final collaboration between Siegel and Eastwood, following ""Coogan's Bluff"" (1968), ""Two Mules for Sister Sara"" (1970), ""The Beguiled"" (1971) and ""Dirty Harry"" (1971). On January 18, 1960, Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) arrives at the maximum security prison Alcatraz. Soon after arriving, he is sent in to meet the warden (Patrick McGoohan), who curtly informs him that no inmate has ever successfully escaped from Alcatraz. Among the inmates, Morris makes acquaintances with the eccentric Litmus, (Frank Ronzio) who is fond of desserts, English (Paul Benjamin), a black inmate serving two life sentences for killing two white"
"Adam Fortunate Eagle Dr. Adam Fortunate Eagle L.H.D. (born Adam Nordwall), hereditary member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, is a Native American activist and was the principal organizer of the 1969–71 Occupation of Alcatraz by ""Indians of All Tribes."" Born on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in 1929, Nordwall was the son of a Swedish man and Ojibwe Woman. At the age of five, his father died and left his mother no choice but to send all of her children away to boarding school. He took advantage of his time at the school and improved many skills"
"Neville Brand Lawrence Neville Brand (August 13, 1920 – April 16, 1992) was an American actor. His most memorable film roles were in ""Stalag 17"" (1953), ""Riot in Cell Block 11"" (1954), and ""Birdman of Alcatraz"" (1962). Brand was also a highly decorated World War II combat soldier. Neville Brand was born in Griswold, Iowa, one of seven children of Leo Thomas Brand (June 24, 1892 – April 18, 1985) and the former Helen Louise Davis (August 4, 1900 – October 23, 1991). His father had worked as an electrician and bridge-building ironworker in Detroit. Neville was raised in Kewanee,"
"a lighthouse on it. Julian Workman is the baptismal name of William Workman, co-owner of Rancho La Puente and personal friend of Pio Pico. Later in 1846, acting in his capacity as Military Governor of California, John C. Fremont, champion of Manifest Destiny and leader of the Bear Flag Republic, bought the island for $5,000 in the name of the United States government from Francis Temple. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore ordered that Alcatraz Island be set aside specifically for military purposes based upon the U.S. acquisition of California from Mexico following the Mexican–American War. Fremont had expected a large"
"San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. The 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition was held on Treasure Island. It was in this period that the island of Alcatraz, a former military stockade, began its service as a federal maximum security prison, housing notorious inmates such as Al Capone, and Robert Franklin Stroud, The Birdman of Alcatraz. During World War II, San Francisco was the major mainland supply point and port of embarkation for the war in the Pacific. It also saw the largest and oldest enclave of Japanese outside of Japan, Japantown,"
"Elleston Trevor Elleston Trevor (17 February 1920 – 21 July 1995) was a British novelist and playwright who wrote under several pseudonyms. Born Trevor Dudley-Smith, he eventually changed his name to Elleston Trevor. Trevor worked in many genres, but is principally remembered for his 1964 adventure story ""The Flight of the Phoenix"", written as Elleston Trevor, and for a series of Cold War thrillers featuring the British secret agent Quiller, written under the pseudonym Adam Hall. He also wrote as Simon Rattray, Howard North, Roger Fitzalan, Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Warwick Scott, Caesar Smith and Lesley Stone. Born Trevor-Dudley Smith"
"Men. Acosta-Villarreal is portrayed in """" by Gerardo Taracena. Pablo Acosta Villarreal Pablo Acosta Villarreal, commonly referred to as El Zorro de Ojinaga (""The Ojinaga Fox"") was a Mexican narcotics smuggler who controlled crime along a two-hundred mile stretch of U.S.-Mexico border. At the height of his power, he was smuggling 60 tons of cocaine per year for the Colombians —in addition to the incalculable amounts of marijuana and heroin that were the mainstay of his business. He was the mentor and business partner of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the so-called 'Lord of the Skies', who took over after Acosta's death."
"it had purchased all the land on the island and compelled its last residents to leave. The federal penitentiary's most famous inmates were probably Robert Stroud, the ""Birdman of Alcatraz,"" who was held there from 1909 to 1912; Charles Manson, who before inspiring ""Helter Skelter"" in killing Sharon Tate and others in 1969, was an inmate from 1961 to 1966 for trying to cash a forged government check; and Alvin Karpis, who was transferred to McNeil Island in 1962, from Alcatraz as a result of its impending closure, to complete his sentence. Karpis, who was labeled the FBI's Public Enemy"
"no additional date was known for the availability of the other three parts. Looking Outward Looking Outward: A History of the U.S. Prison System from Colonial Times to the Formation of the Bureau of Prisons by the ""Birdman of Alcatraz"", Robert Stroud, is a history of the United States Prison System from colonial times until the formation of the United States Bureau of Prisons in the 1930s. Robert Stroud gained the permission of the Warden at Alcatraz Penitentiary, San Francisco, California to write a history of the U.S. prison system. Stroud had been incarcerated at McNeil Island, Leavenworth Penitentiary, Alcatraz"
"and native beats, pop and political protest songs. He also draws from his own poetry. His music can be both insightful and funny. John Trudell John Trudell (February 15, 1946 – December 8, 2015) was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as ""Radio Free Alcatraz"". During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After his pregnant wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a"
"Juan Manuel Diaz, who charted San Francisco Bay and named one of the three islands he identified as ""La Isla de los Alcatraces,"" which translates as ""The Island of the Gannets"" but is commonly believed to translate as ""The Island of the Pelicans (Spanish for Pelicans is Pelicanos),"" from the archaic Spanish """" (""pelican""). Over the years, the Spanish version ""Alcatraz"" became popular and is now widely used. In August 1827, French Captain Auguste Bernard Duhaut-Cilly wrote ""... running past Alcatraze's (Pelicans) Island ... covered with a countless number of these birds. A gun fired over the feathered legions caused"
"The Birdcage The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Elaine May, and starring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest. Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, and Christine Baranski appear in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1978 Franco-Italian film ""La Cage aux Folles"" by Édouard Molinaro starring Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi. Armand Goldman is the openly gay owner of a drag club in South Beach called ""The Birdcage""; his partner Albert, an effeminate and flamboyant man, plays ""Starina"", the star attraction of the club. They live together"