Bird

• 6.8 Drama
• 1988-06-01
• 161 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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) James Handy (Esteves) Damon Whitaker (Young Bird) Morgan Nagler (Kim) Arlen Dean Snyder (Dr. Heath)

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writer:

Joel Oliansky