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''Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'', commonly known as ''Birdman'', is a 2014 American satirical black comedy-drama 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 previews leading to the play's opening, and with a brief exception appears as if filmed in a single shot, an idea Iñárritu had from the film's conception. Emmanuel Lubezki, who won the Academy Award for his cinematography in ''Birdman'', believed that the recording time necessary for the unique long take approach taken in ''Birdman'' could not have been made with older technology. The film was shot in New York City during the spring of 2013 with a budget of $16.5 million jointly financed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, New Regency Pictures and Worldview Entertainment. It premiered the following year in August where it opened the 71st Venice International Film Festival. ''Birdman'' had a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 17, 2014, followed by a wide release on November 14, grossing more than $103 million worldwide. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography from a total of nine nominations, tying it with ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' for the most nominated film of the Academy's 87th annual awards ceremony. It also won Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Keaton and Best Screenplay at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. ==Plot== Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) is a faded Hollywood actor best known for playing the superhero Birdman decades ago in a series of films. He is often tormented by the mocking, critical inner voice of Birdman, and frequently visualizes himself performing feats of levitation and telekinesis. Riggan hopes to reinvent his career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production of a loosely based adaptation of Raymond Carver's short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love". The adaptation is produced by Riggan's best friend and lawyer, Jake (Zach Galifianakis), and also stars Riggan's girlfriend, Laura (Andrea Riseborough), and Lesley (Naomi Watts). Riggan's daughter Sam (Emma Stone), a recovering drug addict, serves as his assistant. During rehearsals, a light fixture falls onto Riggan's co-star Ralph (Jeremy Shamos); Riggan tells Jake that he believes that he caused the accident so he could upgrade the cast. At Lesley's suggestion, Riggan replaces Ralph with the brilliant but volatile method actor Mike Shiner (Edward Norton), who is also Lesley's boyfriend. The first previews are disastrous: Mike breaks character over the replacement of his gin with water and attempts to rape Lesley during a sex scene. Riggan is incensed by press coverage praising Mike's performance in the show, but Jake encourages him to continue. When Riggan berates Sam for using cannabis, she tells him he is expendable and that his play is nothing but vanity. During the final preview, Riggan sees Sam and Mike kissing which further fuels his suspicions of seeing Mike as a rival and potential threat. Riggan accidentally locks himself out of the theater during a short break, and walks in his underwear through Times Square to get back inside; amateur videos of the incident go viral. After the final preview Riggan, still deeply shaken by the events of the last few days, meets the influential critic Tabitha Dickinson (Lindsay Duncan), who tells him she hates ignorant Hollywood celebrities who only "pretend" to be actors and promises to "kill" his play with a deprecating review. Riggan gets drunk and faints in the street. The next day, Riggan's visual and auditory hallucinations intensify and he fully hallucinates an extended conversation with Birdman, who tries to convince him to make another ''Birdman'' film. Riggan visualizes himself flying through the streets of Manhattan before returning to the theater. Prior to the opening night, and with his hallucinations temporarily subsiding, Riggan meets Sam and she shows him the viral video of him walking through Times Square in his underwear. Rather than seeing fault in Riggan for this, she admires him for it and comes to see him as more human and, finally, more accessible to her needs as his daughter as the two are seen to at least partially bond. On the opening night before the final scene of the play, Riggan confesses to his former wife Sylvia (Amy Ryan) that he attempted to drown himself in the ocean after she caught him having an affair several years before. Riggan also admits to her about the inner Birdman voice he constantly hears in his head, which she immediately ignores. After Sylvia wishes him luck and leaves the room, Riggan, whose character in the play commits suicide, replaces his prop pistol with a real loaded gun, and prepares to actually commit suicide in the closing scene of the play. As the performance reaches its final scene, Riggan shoots himself in the head on-stage. The play ends with a standing ovation from all in the audience except Tabitha, who abruptly leaves. The next day in a hospital, Riggan is revealed to have botched his suicide, merely blowing off his nose, which has been surgically replaced overnight. Jake visits Riggan in the hospital and reveals that Tabitha gave the play a rave review, calling his suicide attempt "super-realism", a new form of method acting. Sam visits Riggan and soon steps out for a moment. Riggan walks alone to the adjoining bathroom in his hospital room where he crudely dismisses Birdman, and seeing some birds outside, Riggan climbs onto the window ledge. When Sam returns, Riggan has disappeared with the window left open. Sam looks down at the street, then slowly up to the sky and smiles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birdman (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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