Rare Birds
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On DVD: | June 25, 2002 |
Running time: | 1h 40m | Genre: | Comedy, Documentary |
For years, Dave Purcell (Hurt) has been running The Auk, a haute cuisine restaurant on a tiny Newfoundland inlet, and is ready to call it quits on his marriage and his business. All
seems lost until Dave's neighbour, Alphonse Murphy (A. Jones), proposes a mad yet ingenious scheme
to save The Auk. Alphonse convinces Dave to fabricate a sighting of a rare bird in the vicinity
of the restaurant. The plan is a success and the restaurant is soon crawling with well-heeled
gastronomes, vain celebrities and bellicose politicos.
Meanwhile, Alphonse has an agenda of his own, including the salvage of some cocaine and the secret manufacture of a "recreational submarine vehicle", the revelation of which threatens to expose Dave's bird hoax.
Meanwhile, Alphonse has an agenda of his own, including the salvage of some cocaine and the secret manufacture of a "recreational submarine vehicle", the revelation of which threatens to expose Dave's bird hoax.
Director: | Sturla Gunnarsson |
Studio: | Lions Gate Films |
Producer(s): | Paul Pope, Janet York |
Cast: | William Hurt, Andy Jones, Molly Parker, Cathy Jones |
Writer(s): | Edward Riche |