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Who Trained the Movie Birds?


I don't see any screen credit for the bird "wrangler."

Whoever did it, especially training that little sparrow, deserves credit.

I also wonder if the dying canaries were real, and if so, how they did that (gas? old birds?)

and... if the baby sparrow was a puppet.

Anyone have any insights?

Trolls, please skip this one and go back to your video games, ok?

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I wondered the same thing.

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That never occurred to me; the birds were great and should have been nominated for an Oscar. Hah.

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