Bird

Bird

1988
2h 41m
6.8

6.8/10

348 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Music

""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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $9,000,000

Revenue: $2,000,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures Malpaso Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

jazz heroin saxophone biography psychiatric hospital heroin addict electroconvulsive therapy death of daughter bebop eiffel tower, paris 1950s

Quick Facts

Release Date June 1, 1988
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0094747

Cast

Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker

Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Diane Venora
Diane Venora

Chan Parker

Michael Zelniker
Michael Zelniker

Red Rodney

Samuel E. Wright
Samuel E. Wright

Dizzy Gillespie

Keith David
Keith David

Buster Franklin

Michael McGuire
Michael McGuire

Brewster

James Handy
James Handy

Esteves

Damon Whitaker
Damon Whitaker

Young Bird

Morgan Nagler
Morgan Nagler

Kim

Arlen Dean Snyder
Arlen Dean Snyder

Dr. Heath

Sam Robards
Sam Robards

Moscowitz

Glenn Wright
Glenn Wright

Alcoholic Patient

Key Crew

Clint Eastwood
Producer
Joel Oliansky
Screenplay
Clint Eastwood
Director
David Valdes
Executive Producer