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It won the National Book Award for first novel, and was made into a film, directed by Alan Parker and starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage.Naomi Wallace, a poet and playwright, adapted Birdy for the stage in 1997.1978 novelsAmerican novelsBirdyPtasiekBirdy.

Birdy is a 1978 novel by William Wharton.It was Wharton's first published novel, and was published when he was more than 50 years old.

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"If you show all the restoration marks," he said, "you can't see the statue.""Frequently statues are carved from a single block of marble," said Karol Wight, curator of antiquities at the Getty, as she pointed to the obvious separation of this torso from the lower body, connected by a sizable tenon, or tongue, that fit into the bottom of the torso. Rounding out the disc is commentary from Greengrass.Speaking of franchises, the Disney Channel shattered ratings records in August with "High School Musical 2" (Disney, $30), the cable channel's sequel to its award-winning sensation, "High School Musical." A talented and attractive young cast including Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu returns in this sprightly, energetic tune-fest choreographed and directed by Kenny Ortega. On May 22, he'll be part of a concert at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles showcasing his arrangements for accordion, viola and soprano of music by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and others.Every accordionist is used to people bringing up Gary Larson's "Far Side" cartoon of a newcomer to heaven receiving a harp while, down below, the devil forks over an accordion. Caruso worked on episodes of "Smallville" and "High Incident," but his major breakthrough was "The Salton Sea," the drugged-out 2002 neo-noir film that divided critics with its nihilism and squalor but established its young director as someone to watch.The films that followed were mixed affairs, and Caruso is the first to admit it. Broad would designate $12.5 million to help replenish MOCA's endowment, with the remainder to cover deficits and future exhibitions.

Each playwright riffs off one artist's work -- which includes everything from commemorative urns to replicas of Mesopotamian antiquities. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts had announced Carlin would be honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the 11th such artist to be given that honor. "In New York, the fact that the Metropolitan and the Museum of Modern Art show contemporary work doesn't mean you don't need the Whitney, or because you have the Whitney, you don't need the New Museum."Artist Barbara Kruger, a MOCA trustee, called the museum "the most important contemporary art museum in sight for decades now.