Bird (1988)
Bird (1988)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy
Michael McGuire
Brewster
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
Clint Eastwood
Director
Joel Oliansky
Writer
George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
Lennie Niehaus
Composer
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
Jack N. Green
Cinematographer
Chris Bosley
First Doorman
Joel Cox
Editor
George T. Bruce
Second Doorman
Joey Green
Gene
Phyllis Huffman
CastingDirector
John Witherspoon
Sid
Edward C. Carfagno
ProductionDesigner
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
David Valdes
Executive Producer
Vern Poore
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert G. Henderson
Supervising Sound Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 1, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 41m
Content RatingR
Budget$9,000,000
Box Office$2,000,000
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Bird is a 1988 American biographical musical drama film about jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker, directed and produced by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Joel Oliansky. The film stars Forest Whitaker as Parker, and Diane Venora. It is constructed as a montage of scenes from Parker's life, from his childhood in Kansas City, through his early death at the age of 34.
The film moves back and forth through Parker's history, blending moments to find some truth to his life. Much of the film revolves around his only grounding relationships with wife Chan Parker (Venora), Bebop pioneer trumpet player and band leader Dizzy Gillespie (Wright), and his influence (both musically and into the world of heroin addiction) on trumpet player Red Rodney (Zelniker).
Despite a lukewarm commercial performance, the film was critically well-received, with particular praise toward Whitaker's performance, for whom the film became a breakthrough. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama at the 46th Golden Globe Awards, while Eastwood won the award for Best Director. Cahiers du Cinéma ranked Bird at #5 on its end-of-year Top 10 List.