Bird (1988 film)
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Bird is a 1988 U.S. film directed by Clint Eastwood.
The film is a biopic, a tribute to the life and music of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, written by Joel Oliansky. It is constructed as a collage of scenes from Parker's life, from his childhood in Kansas City, through his marriage to Chan Richardson, to his early death at the age of thirty-four.
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
- James Handy — Esteves
- Damon Whitaker — Young Bird
- Morgan Nagler — Kim
- Arlen Dean Snyder — Dr Heath
- Sam Robards — Moscowitz
- Penelope Windust — Bellevue Nurse
- Glenn Wright — Alcoholic Patient (as Glenn T. Wright)
- George Orrison — Patient with Checkers
- Bill Cobbs — Dr Caulfield
External links
- [Bird] — from ClintEastwood.net
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