Bird poster
Director Clint Eastwood
Screenplay Joel Oliansky

Bird

Tagline: "There are no second acts in American lives."

Release Date: 1988-06-01

Duration: 161 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Keith David
    Buster Franklin
  • Forest Whitaker
    Charlie 'Bird' Parker
  • Diane Venora
    Chan Parker
  • Bill Cobbs
    Dr. Caulfield
  • Anna Thomson
    Audrey
  • Tony Cox
    Pee Wee Marquette
  • Samuel E. Wright
    Dizzy Gillespie
  • Tony Todd
    Frog
  • James Handy
    Esteves
  • John Witherspoon
    Sid