Release date:Jun 1, 1988

Runtime:2h 41m

Videos about the movie "Bird":

Michael Schlesinger on BIRD

Bird Wins Best Sound: 1989 Oscars

Theatrical Trailer

Bird

★ 6.6

Synopsis of "Bird":

"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."

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Genres:

DramaMusic

Language:

English

Cast of "Bird":

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

James Handy ... as Esteves

Damon Whitaker ... as Young Bird

Morgan Nagler ... as Kim

Arlen Dean Snyder ... as Dr. Heath

Sam Robards ... as Moscowitz

Glenn Wright ... as Alcoholic Patient

George Orrison ... as Patient with Checkers

Bill Cobbs ... as Dr. Caulfield

Hamilton Camp ... as Mayor of 52nd Street

Chris Bosley ... as First Doorman

George T. Bruce ... as Second Doorman

Joey Green ... as Gene

John Witherspoon ... as Sid

Tony Todd ... as Frog

Jo De Winter ... as Mildred Berg

Richard Zavaglia ... as Ralph the Narc

Anna Thomson ... as Audrey

Al Pugliese ... as Owner - Three Deuces

Hubert Kelly ... as Wilson

Billy J. Mitchell ... as Prince

Karl Vincent ... as Stratton

Lou Cutell ... as Bride's Father

Roger Etienne ... as Parisian Emcee

Jason Bernard ... as Benny Tate

Gretchen Oehler ... as Southern Nurse

Richard McKenzie ... as Southern Doctor

Tony Cox ... as Pee Wee Marquette

Diane Salinger ... as Baroness Nica

Penelope Windust ... as Bellevue Nurse

Ann Weldon ... as Violet Wells

Crew:

Clint Eastwood... (Producer)

David Valdes... (Executive Producer)

Lennie Niehaus... (Original Music Composer)

Joel Cox... (Editor)

Phyllis Huffman... (Casting)

Edward C. Carfagno... (Production Design)

Jack N. Green... (Director of Photography)

Robert G. Henderson... (Supervising Sound Editor)

Rick Alexander... (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Les Fresholtz... (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Vern Poore... (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Virginia Cook-McGowan... (Sound Editor)

Marshall Winn... (Sound Editor)

Teri E. Dorman... (Sound Editor)

David Horton Sr.... (Sound Editor)

Joseph A. Ippolito... (Sound Editor)

Walter Newman... (Sound Editor)

Marcia Reed... (Still Photographer)

Lloyd Nelson... (Script Supervisor)

Willie D. Burton... (Sound Mixer)

Joel Oliansky... (Writer)

David Valdes... (Unit Production Manager)

L. Dean Jones Jr.... (First Assistant Director)

Tena Psyche Yatroussis... (Second Assistant Director)

Thomas L. Roysden... (Set Decoration)

Lennie Niehaus... (Music Supervisor)

Donald Harris... (Music Editor)

Norman G. Langley... (Camera Operator)

Tony Rivetti Sr.... (First Assistant Camera)

Karina Simmons... (Second Assistant Camera)

Jack Garsha... (Color Timer)

Joe Day... (Special Effects)

Víctor Pérez... (Chief Lighting Technician)

Leroy Hershkowitz... (Chief Lighting Technician)

Content rating:

R (United States) · 15 (United Kingdom) · TP (France)