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Bird( 1988)

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"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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Forest Whitaker

      Charlie 'Bird' Parker

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      Diane Venora

      Chan Parker

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      Michael Zelniker

      Red Rodney

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      Samuel E. Wright

      Dizzy Gillespie

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      Keith David

      Buster Franklin

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      Michael McGuire

      Brewster

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      James Handy

      Esteves

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      Damon Whitaker

      Young Bird

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      Morgan Nagler

      Kim

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      Arlen Dean Snyder

      Dr. Heath

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      Sam Robards

      Moscowitz

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      Glenn Wright

      Alcoholic Patient

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      George Orrison

      Patient with Checkers

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      Bill Cobbs

      Dr. Caulfield

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      Hamilton Camp

      Mayor of 52nd Street

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      Chris Bosley

      First Doorman

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      George T. Bruce

      Second Doorman

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      Joey Green

      Gene

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      John Witherspoon

      Sid

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      Tony Todd

      Frog

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      Jo De Winter

      Mildred Berg

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      Richard Zavaglia

      Ralph the Narc

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      Anna Thomson

      Audrey

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      Al Pugliese

      Owner - Three Deuces

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      Hubert Kelly

      Wilson

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      Billy J. Mitchell

      Prince

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      Karl Vincent

      Stratton

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      Lou Cutell

      Bride's Father

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      Roger Etienne

      Parisian Emcee

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      Jason Bernard

      Benny Tate

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      Gretchen Oehler

      Southern Nurse

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      Richard McKenzie

      Southern Doctor

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      Tony Cox

      Pee Wee Marquette

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      Diane Salinger

      Baroness Nica

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      Penelope Windust

      Bellevue Nurse

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      Ann Weldon

      Violet Wells

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by r96sk

    5
    Written by r96sk on Wed Feb 02 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 (!) worth of the following on repeat: performance, drunk and/or depressed, performance, drunk and/or dep...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    9000000.00

    Revenue

    2000000.00

    Keywords

    • jazz
    • heroin
    • saxophone
    • biography
    • psychiatric hospital
    • heroin addict
    • electroconvulsive therapy
    • death of daughter
    • bebop
    • eiffel tower, paris
    • 1950s