kicked in the crotch
based on novel
rainstorm
character name in title
bird
dancing
father son relationship
psychiatrist
flashback
male nudity
nickname
bathtub
fight
helicopter
1960s
brother brother relationship
nudity
disfigurement
obsession
friend
nervous breakdown
mental illness
philadelphia pennsylvania
jail
high school
atlantic city new jersey
junkyard
baseball
orderly
best friend
psychology
psychiatric hospital
janitor
auto repair
male bonding
working class
roller coaster
conscientious objector
laundry drying on clothes line
weightlifting
streetcar
boardwalk
bandaged face
prom
binoculars
vietnam war
canary
spitting
slaughterhouse
selling a car
garbage dump
catatonia
aviary
bird hatching
dissociative disorder
dogcatcher
flying machine
homing pigeon
occupational therapy
sandlot baseball
steel jaw
swarm of bats
missing in action
friendship
train
soldier
jumping from height
rooftop
swimming
voice over narration
nightmare
nurse
photograph
wheelchair
vietnam
sex
topless female nudity
helicopter crash
male camaraderie