The Big Year

Director: David Frankel
Writers: Howard Franklin (screenplay), Mark Obmascik (book)
Stars: Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin

Synopsis
Three fanatical bird watchers (Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black) spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition. Director David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley and Me) teams with screenwriter Howard Franklin) to adapt author Mark Obmascik 1998 novel of the same name.