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2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 1988
Bird
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Forest WhitakerCharlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane VenoraChan Parker
Michael ZelnikerRed Rodney
Samuel E. WrightDizzy Gillespie
Keith DavidBuster Franklin
Michael McGuireBrewster
James HandyEsteves
Damon WhitakerYoung Bird
Morgan NaglerKim
Arlen Dean SnyderDr. Heath
Sam RobardsMoscowitz
Glenn WrightAlcoholic Patient
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Hamilton CampMayor of 52nd Street
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George T. BruceSecond Doorman
Joey GreenGene
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Jo De WinterMildred Berg
Richard ZavagliaRalph the Narc
Anna ThomsonAudrey
Al PuglieseOwner - Three Deuces
Hubert KellyWilson
Billy J. MitchellPrince
Karl VincentStratton
Lou CutellBride's Father
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Jason BernardBenny Tate
Gretchen OehlerSouthern Nurse
Richard McKenzieSouthern Doctor
Tony CoxPee Wee Marquette
Diane SalingerBaroness Nica
Penelope WindustBellevue Nurse
Ann WeldonViolet Wells
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