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A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.

 Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu 

Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu (screenplay), Nicolás Giacobone (screenplay), 

Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, 

Edward Norton Riggan Thomson is a washed-up Hollywood actor who once played the superhero Birdman, before leaving the franchise to reinvent his career by directing and starring in an adaptation of Raymond Carver's short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. The play is produced by Riggan's best friend Jake and stars Riggan's girlfriend Laura and actress Lesley. Riggan's daughter Sam, a recovering drug addict, is also part of the production as Riggan's assistant, and he has refinanced the house belonging to his ex-wife Sylvia to fund the play. Throughout all of this, Riggan is mocked by the disembodied voice of Birdman, who claims he will fail. After one of the leads is injured by a falling stage light, Jake convinces Riggan to replace him with famous method actor Mike Shiner, who becomes attracted to Sam. Laura later announces she's pregnant and breaks up with Riggan when he appears to be disappointed. During preview performances, Mike insists on drinking real gin on stage, and when he's instead handed a prop, he interrupts the performance and berates Riggan, who then decides to fire Mike, but is then told by Jake his addition to the cast has boosted ticket sales and they can't lose him. Riggan and Mike go to a bar, where Riggan tells Mike he needs the play to be succesful, and mentions that he once received a compliment from Raymond Carver on a napkin after a performance back when he was a struggling theater actor. Mike points out it's a bar napkin and Carver wrote it while drunk. He dismisses Riggan as untalented for Broadway and introduces him to Tabitha, a vicious critic whose review will make or break Riggan's play. During their second performance, Riggan, Mike, and Lesley perform a scene where Riggan's character catches Lesley's character cheating on him with Mike's character and commits suicide. Mike gets an erection and attempts to persuade Lesley to have sex with him on stage, but she refuses. Although the audience is distracted by Mike's arousal, the performance is a success, and Riggan comforts Lesley afterwards. Laura eavesdrops on them and confides with Lesley that Riggan was never so kind to her, and the two kiss. Meanwhile, Sam and Mike grow closer, and Mike advises Riggan to find a more realistic prop gun. Riggan reads early reviews and is incensed that they only mention Mike, who even presents Riggan's story about Carter's napkin as his own, leading to a fight between them. Riggan later accidentally locks himself out of the theater during another preview performance and has to go back into the theater and finish the play in his underwear. After the performance, Riggan goes to the bar and runs into Tabitha again. She reveals that she hates Hollywood celebrities who attempt to pass themselves for legitimate actors and announces her plans to lambaste his play even if it is good. Frustrated, Riggan gets drunk and returns to the theater the following day while hallucinating about meeting Birdman and possessing superpowers, including flight. At his dressing room, he gets into a fight with Sam, who claims nothing they're doing will mean anything in the end. Sam later has sex with Mike at the rafters above stage, while Sylvia visits Riggan again and wishes him luck. On opening night, the performance goes off perfectly. Riggan uses a real gun for the final scene, shooting himself in the head in front of the audience, and earning a standing ovation from all but Tabitha. He awakens in the hospital, with bandages that resemble Birdman's mask, and is told by Sam that the play is a hit and Tabitha has written a positive review, lauding Riggan's development of a new acting technique called "Ultra-Realism". After Sam leaves, Riggan spots birds flying outside his hospital room and climbs to the ledge. When Sam returns, Riggan is gone. Sam hurries to the window, looks down expect 

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