TY - ADVS AU - Edelbaum,Jana AU - Taplin Lundberg,Daniela AU - Neiderhoffer,Galt AU - Rattray,Celine AU - Friedman,Elyse AU - Lucas,Craig AU - Perry,Matthew AU - Foster,Ben AU - Goodwin,Ginnifer AU - Graham,Lauren AU - Swank,Hilary ED - Plum Pictures (New York, N.Y.) ED - Hart-Lunsford Pictures. ED - Ideal Partners. ED - Hanson-Allen Films. ED - Accomplice Films. ED - First Look Home Entertainment. TI - Birds of America SN - 159241835X PY - 2008/// CY - [New York, NY] PB - First Look Home Entertainment KW - College teachers KW - United States KW - Drama KW - Parents KW - Death KW - Brothers and sisters KW - Married people KW - Pedestrian accidents KW - Comedy films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Fiction films KW - Feature films KW - Comedy KW - Feature KW - migfg KW - Family KW - gsafd N1 - Director of photography, Yaron Orback ; editor, Eric Kissack ; composer, Ahrin Mishan ; costume designer, Heidi Bivens ; production designer, John Nyomarkay; Matthew Perry, Ben Foster, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lauren Graham, Hilary Swank; MPAA rating: R; language, some drug use and sex related material N2 - Morrie is an uptight university professor who is anxiously seeking tenure. This requires the approval of his department head, who lives next door. Morrie and his wife Betty live in the house he inherited at 18, after his mother died and his father committed suicide. Morrie has raised his brother Jay and sister Ida, both have problems of their own. Ida is a substance abuser, as well as being promiscuous. Jay is a deeply gentle and sensitive soul whose actions are almost completely unfettered by advanced thought. When Jay gets run over by a car, Morrie asks him to move in for a while. Without asking permission, Jay invites Ida to join them, stressing Morrie and Betty's relationship and jeopardizing his career with their outrageous behavior ER -