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Bird

"There are no second acts in American lives."

  • Movie
  • 1988
  • R
  • 2h 41m

Directed by Clint Eastwood

6.8

TMDB audience rating
6.8 out of 10 from 362 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Forest Whitaker

    Forest WhitakerCharlie 'Bird' Parker

  • Diane Venora

    Diane VenoraChan Parker

  • Michael Zelniker

    Michael ZelnikerRed Rodney

  • Samuel E. Wright

    Samuel E. WrightDizzy Gillespie

  • Keith David

    Keith DavidBuster Franklin

  • Michael McGuire

    Michael McGuireBrewster

  • James Handy

    James HandyEsteves

  • Damon Whitaker

    Damon WhitakerYoung Bird

  • Morgan Nagler

    Morgan NaglerKim

  • Arlen Dean SnyderDr. Heath

  • Sam Robards

    Sam RobardsMoscowitz

  • Glenn WrightAlcoholic Patient

  • George Orrison

    George OrrisonPatient with Checkers

  • Bill Cobbs

    Bill CobbsDr. Caulfield

  • Hamilton Camp

    Hamilton CampMayor of 52nd Street

  • Chris BosleyFirst Doorman

  • George T. BruceSecond Doorman

  • Joey Green

    Joey GreenGene

Director
Clint Eastwood
Writer
Joel Oliansky
Music
Lennie Niehaus
Cinematography
Jack N. Green