The read
Scores higher than 80% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 41m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic78/100
360 audience votes
Key crew
- Clint EastwoodDirector
- Lennie NiehausOriginal Music Composer
- Joel OlianskyWriter
Cast
- Forest WhitakerCharlie 'Bird' Parker
- Diane VenoraChan Parker
- Michael ZelnikerRed Rodney
- Samuel E. WrightDizzy Gillespie
- Keith DavidBuster Franklin
- Michael McGuireBrewster
- James HandyEsteves
- Damon WhitakerYoung Bird
- Morgan NaglerKim
- Arlen Dean SnyderDr. Heath
- Sam RobardsMoscowitz
- Glenn WrightAlcoholic Patient
Stills
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Themes
jazzheroinsaxophonebiographypsychiatric hospitalheroin addictelectroconvulsive therapydeath of daughterbebopeiffel tower, paris1950s
The Best Movies of 1988
Bird is #39 of 60
