Drama ·Music · United States of America · 1988 · 2h 41m

Bird

Bird poster
Director
Clint Eastwood
Cast
Forest Whitaker as Charlie 'Bird' Parker Diane Venora as Chan Parker Michael Zelniker as Red Rodney Samuel E. Wright as Dizzy Gillespie Keith David as Buster Franklin Michael McGuire as Brewster
Crew
Jack N. Green — Director of Photography Joel Cox — Editor Lennie Niehaus — Original Music Composer Joel Oliansky — Screenplay Clint Eastwood — Producer Edward C. Carfagno — Production Design
Tagline

"There are no second acts in American lives."

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.

Trailer Bird — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
jazzheroinsaxophonebiographypsychiatric hospitalheroin addictelectroconvulsive therapydeath of daughterbebopeiffel tower, paris1950s
Key Collaborators
Clint Eastwood Director Jack N. Green Director of Photography Joel Cox Editor Lennie Niehaus Original Music Composer Joel Oliansky Screenplay Clint Eastwood Producer Edward C. Carfagno Production Design
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