Bird

Bird (1988)

"There are no second acts in American lives."

Drama Music

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.

star 6.8 7.1 78 78%
  • Release Date: 1988-06-01
  • Runtime: 2h 41min
  • Director: Clint Eastwood

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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

  • John Witherspoon

    Sid

  • Tony Todd

    Frog

  • Jo De Winter

    Mildred Berg

  • Richard Zavaglia

    Ralph the Narc

  • Anna Thomson

    Audrey

  • Al Pugliese

    Owner - Three Deuces

  • Hubert Kelly

    Wilson

  • Billy J. Mitchell

    Prince

  • Karl Vincent

    Stratton

  • Lou Cutell

    Bride's Father

  • Roger Etienne

    Parisian Emcee

  • Jason Bernard

    Benny Tate

  • Gretchen Oehler

    Southern Nurse

  • Richard McKenzie

    Southern Doctor

  • Tony Cox

    Pee Wee Marquette

  • Diane Salinger

    Baroness Nica

  • Penelope Windust

    Bellevue Nurse

  • Ann Weldon

    Violet Wells

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