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Bird
Sign in to save1988 film directed by Clint Eastwood
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6.9Saxophone 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.
Released: 1988-06-01161 minDir: Clint EastwoodDrama, MusicBudget: $9.0MBox office: $2.0M
Cast
- Forest Whitaker as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
- Diane Venora as Chan Parker
- Michael Zelniker as Red Rodney
- Samuel E. Wright as Dizzy Gillespie
- Keith David as Buster Franklin
- Michael McGuire as Brewster
Themes
- jazz
- heroin
- saxophone
- biography
- psychiatric hospital
- heroin addict
- electroconvulsive therapy
- death of daughter
- bebop
- eiffel tower, paris
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
14,114 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
78/100
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 161 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 9 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 161
- FilmAffinity ID
- 678361
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- publication date
- 1988-09-15
- title
- Bird
- review score
- 78%
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Connections
Charlie Parker
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
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Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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New York City
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jazz
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International Standard Book Number
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biography
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The Rolling Stones
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Clint Eastwood
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blues
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Oakland
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IMDb
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Kansas City
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drama
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saxophone
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Kevin Costner
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Pasadena
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Forest Whitaker
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Columbia Pictures
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Categories
1980s biographical drama films1988 American films1988 drama films1988 English-language films1988 filmsAmerican biographical drama filmsBiographical films about musiciansCharlie ParkerCultural depictions of jazz musiciansEnglish-language biographical drama filmsFilms about substance abuseFilms directed by Clint EastwoodFilms produced by Clint EastwoodFilms scored by Lennie NiehausFilms shot in Sacramento, CaliforniaFilms that won the Best Sound Mixing Academy AwardFilms whose director won the Best Director Golden GlobeJazz filmsJazz navigational boxesMalpaso Productions filmsPopular music navigational boxesRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataTemplate film date with 2 release datesWarner Bros. films