Bird
"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.
- Budget
- $9,000,000
- Revenue
- $2,000,000
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions
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Cast
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David
Buster Franklin
Michael McGuire
Brewster
James Handy
Esteves
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
Morgan Nagler
Kim
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
Joey Green
Gene
John Witherspoon
Sid
Tony Todd
Frog
Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
Anna Thomson
Audrey
Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces
Billy J. Mitchell
Prince
Crew
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writers
- Joel Oliansky
- Producers
- David Valdes,Clint Eastwood
- Cinematography
- Jack N. Green
- Composer
- Lennie Niehaus
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r96sk
February 2, 2022
I personally found <em>'Bird'</em> - directed by Clint Eastwood - to be an absolute slog to sit through. It's an interesting story no doubt, but it's told in the most mundane and boring way possible. I didn't know anything about Charlie Parker beforehand, which is what kept that aforementioned interest there. I'm no jazz fan either, but I am always happy to listen to it when it comes up though. Despite that, I just couldn't get into the film itself. It just felt like it was 160 minutes (!)…