Bird (1988)
15
25/11/1988 (GB)
Drama, Music
2h 41m
- 68% (330 votes)
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"There are no second acts in American lives."
Overview
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
- Clint EastwoodDirector
- Joel OlianskyScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$9,000,000
Revenue
$2,000,000
Keywords
- jazz
- heroin
- saxophone
- biography
- psychiatric hospital
- heroin addict
- electroconvulsive therapy
- death of daughter
- bebop
- eiffel tower, paris
- 1950s
Top Billed Cast
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David
Buster Franklin
Michael McGuire
Brewster
James Handy
Esteves
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
Morgan Nagler
Kim
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
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