Bird (1988)

R06/01/1988Drama, Music2h 41m
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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

  1. Cast 1

    Forest Whitaker

    Charlie 'Bird' Parker

  2. Cast 1

    Diane Venora

    Chan Parker

  3. Cast 1

    Michael Zelniker

    Red Rodney

  4. Cast 1

    Samuel E. Wright

    Dizzy Gillespie

  5. Cast 1

    Keith David

    Buster Franklin

  6. Cast 1

    Michael McGuire

    Brewster

  7. Cast 1

    James Handy

    Esteves

  8. Cast 1

    Damon Whitaker

    Young Bird

  9. Cast 1

    Morgan Nagler

    Kim

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 de...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$9,000,000.00

Revenue $2,000,000.00

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