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Bird (1988 film)
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| Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
| Produced by | Clint Eastwood David Valdes |
| Written by | Joel Oliansky |
| Starring | Forest Whitaker Diane Venora Michael Zelniker Sam Wright Keith David |
| Music by | Lennie Niehaus |
| Cinematography | Jack N. Green |
| Editing by | Joel Cox |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1988 |
| Running time | 161 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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Bird is an Academy Award-winning 1988 U.S. film directed by Clint Eastwood.
The film is a biopic, a tribute to the life and music of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, written by Joel Oliansky. It is constructed as a collage of scenes from Parker's life, from his childhood in Kansas City, through his marriage to Chan Richardson, to his early death at the age of thirty-four.
Forest Whitaker's performance as Parker earned him the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Globe nomination. [1] In addition, the film also won an Academy Award for Best Sound.
- Forest Whitaker — Charlie "Bird" Parker
- Diane Venora — Chan Parker
- Michael Zelniker — Red Rodney
- Samuel E. Wright — Dizzy Gillespie
- Keith David — Buster Franklin
- Michael McGuire — Brewster
- James Handy — Esteves
- Damon Whitaker — Young Bird
- Morgan Nagler — Kim
- Arlen Dean Snyder — Dr Heath
- Sam Robards — Moscowitz
- Penelope Windust — Bellevue Nurse
- Glenn Wright — Alcoholic Patient (as Glenn T. Wright)
- George Orrison — Patient with Checkers
- Bill Cobbs — Dr Caulfield
- Bird at the Internet Movie Database
- Bird at All Movie Guide
- Bird — from ClintEastwood.net
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