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.
Title | Bird |
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Year | 1988 |
Genre | Drama, Music |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions |
Cast | Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright, Keith David, Michael McGuire |
Crew | Clint Eastwood (Producer), Phyllis Huffman (Casting), Joel Oliansky (Screenplay), Edward C. Carfagno (Production Design), Clint Eastwood (Director), David Valdes (Executive Producer) |
Keyword | jazz, heroin, saxophone, biography, psychiatric hospital, heroin addict, electroconvulsive therapy, death of daughter, bebop, eiffel tower, paris, 1950s |
Release | Jun 01, 1988 |
Runtime | 161 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.80 / 10 by 319 users |