Bird

Plot

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.

  • Clint Eastwood

    Director

  • Joel Oliansky

    Screenplay

  • Jack N. Green

    Director of Photography

  • Joel Cox

    Editor

  • 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

  • Runtime

    161 minutes

    Released

    1988-06-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Malpaso Productions

    Sound

  • Lennie Niehaus

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    6 days ago

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