Bird

Bird

1988 · Movie · 2h 41m · R

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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.

Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
78/100
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Themes
jazzheroinsaxophonebiographypsychiatric hospitalheroin addictelectroconvulsive therapydeath of daughterbebopeiffel tower, paris1950s