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Bird

"There are no second acts in American lives."

6.8

2h 41m

1988

“"There are no second acts in American lives."”

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.

Director

Clint Eastwood

Trailer

DramaMusic

jazzheroinsaxophonebiographypsychiatric hospitalheroin addictelectroconvulsive therapydeath of daughterbebopeiffel tower, paris1950s

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Cast & Crew

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

as Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Diane Venora

Diane Venora

as Chan Parker

Michael Zelniker

Michael Zelniker

as Red Rodney

Samuel E. Wright

Samuel E. Wright

as Dizzy Gillespie

Keith David

Keith David

as Buster Franklin

Michael McGuire

Michael McGuire

as Brewster

James Handy

James Handy

as Esteves

Damon Whitaker

Damon Whitaker

as Young Bird

Morgan Nagler

Morgan Nagler

as Kim

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