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Bird

  • 1988
  • R
  • 2h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
14K
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Forest Whitaker in Bird (1988)
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DocudramaEpicPeriod DramaTragedyBiographyDramaMusic

The troubled life and career of jazz musician Charlie Parker.The troubled life and career of jazz musician Charlie Parker.The troubled life and career of jazz musician Charlie Parker.

  • Director
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Writer
    • Joel Oliansky
  • Stars
    • Forest Whitaker
    • Diane Venora
    • Michael Zelniker
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writer
      • Joel Oliansky
    • Stars
      • Forest Whitaker
      • Diane Venora
      • Michael Zelniker
    • 59User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Top Cast53

    Forest Whitaker
    Forest Whitaker
    • Charlie 'Bird' Parker
    Diane Venora
    Diane Venora
    • Chan Parker
    Michael Zelniker
    Michael Zelniker
    • Red Rodney
    Samuel E. Wright
    Samuel E. Wright
    • Dizzy
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Buster Franklin
    Michael McGuire
    Michael McGuire
    • Brewster
    James Handy
    James Handy
    • Esteves
    Damon Whitaker
    Damon Whitaker
    • Young Bird
    Morgan Nagler
    Morgan Nagler
    • Kim
    Arlen Dean Snyder
    Arlen Dean Snyder
    • Dr. Heath
    Sam Robards
    Sam Robards
    • Moscowitz
    Penelope Windust
    Penelope Windust
    • Bellevue Nurse
    Glenn Wright
    • Alcoholic Patient
    • (as Glenn T. Wright)
    George Orrison
    • Patient with Checkers
    Bill Cobbs
    Bill Cobbs
    • Dr. Caulfield
    Hamilton Camp
    Hamilton Camp
    • Mayor of 52nd Street
    Chris Bosley
    • First Doorman
    George T. Bruce
    • Second Doorman
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writer
      • Joel Oliansky
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Music

    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Clint Eastwood approached Chan Parker, Charlie Parker's common-law wife on whose memoirs the script was based, for input. She gave Eastwood a collection of lost recordings she'd kept in a bank vault.
    • Goofs
      When Charlie Parker goes to Dizzy Gillespie's house in the middle of the night and asks Dizzy to write down a tune, the year is 1953. The tune is "Now's the Time", published and recorded in 1945.
    • Quotes
      • Doctor at Nica's: [while Bird's body is being retired] Charles Christopher Parker, Junior. Preliminary diagnosis: heart attack. Stocky, male, negro. Approximately 65 years of age.
      • Baroness Nica: [with a sad look] He was 34.
    • Crazy credits
      Pre-titles card: "There are no second acts in American lives." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: Punchline/Heartbreak Hotel/Memories of Me/Bird/Kansas (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Mary Land, My Maryland
      Performed by Lennie Niehaus

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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 30, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Yardbird Suite
    • Filming locations
      • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • The Malpaso Company
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    • Budget
      • $9,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,181,286
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $27,116
      • Oct 2, 1988
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,201,136
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 41m(161 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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