

Bird
1988 · Movie · 2h 41m · R
DramaMusic
""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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
78/100
Key crew
- Joel OlianskyScreenplay
- Lennie NiehausOriginal Music Composer
- Clint EastwoodDirector
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























