Story Line
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.
“"There are no second acts in American lives."”
Top Cast
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
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Rating
6.8/ 10
Release Date
1988-06-01
Runtime
2h 41m
Genres
DramaMusic
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User Reviews (1)
r96sk
5/10
•2/2/2022I 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 bef...