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Bird

"There are no second acts in American lives."

1988 · R · 2h 41m

Directed by Clint Eastwood

6.8

TMDB audience score
362 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Arlen Dean Snyder
    Dr. Heath

  • Sam Robards
    Moscowitz

  • Glenn Wright
    Alcoholic Patient

  • George Orrison
    Patient with Checkers

  • Bill Cobbs
    Dr. Caulfield

  • Hamilton Camp
    Mayor of 52nd Street

  • Chris Bosley
    First Doorman

  • George T. Bruce
    Second Doorman

  • Joey Green
    Gene