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Bird
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6.9Saxophone 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.
Released: 1988-06-01161 minDir: Clint EastwoodDrama, MusicBudget: $9.0MBox office: $2.0M
Cast
- Forest Whitaker as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
- Diane Venora as Chan Parker
- Michael Zelniker as Red Rodney
- Samuel E. Wright as Dizzy Gillespie
- Keith David as Buster Franklin
- Michael McGuire as Brewster
Themes
- jazz
- heroin
- saxophone
- biography
- psychiatric hospital
- heroin addict
- electroconvulsive therapy
- death of daughter
- bebop
- eiffel tower, paris
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
14,114 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
78/100
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 161 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 9 nominations total
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