Bird

"There are no second acts in American lives."

Duration: 161 min

Release date: 1988-06-01

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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.

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Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

as Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Michael Zelniker

Michael Zelniker

Samuel E. Wright

Samuel E. Wright

as Dizzy Gillespie

as Buster Franklin

Michael McGuire

Michael McGuire

Arlen Dean Snyder

Arlen Dean Snyder

as Alcoholic Patient

as Patient with Checkers

as Dr. Caulfield

as Mayor of 52nd Street

as First Doorman

George T. Bruce

George T. Bruce

as Second Doorman

John Witherspoon

John Witherspoon

as Mildred Berg

Richard Zavaglia

Richard Zavaglia

as Ralph the Narc

as Owner - Three Deuces

Billy J. Mitchell

Billy J. Mitchell

as Bride's Father

as Parisian Emcee

Gretchen Oehler

Gretchen Oehler

as Southern Nurse

Richard McKenzie

Richard McKenzie

as Southern Doctor

as Pee Wee Marquette

as Baroness Nica

Penelope Windust

Penelope Windust

as Bellevue Nurse

as Violet Wells

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Executive Producer

Original Music Composer

Phyllis Huffman

Phyllis Huffman

Edward C. Carfagno

Edward C. Carfagno

Production Design

Director of Photography

Robert G. Henderson

Robert G. Henderson

Supervising Sound Editor

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Virginia Cook-McGowan

Virginia Cook-McGowan

David Horton Sr.

David Horton Sr.

Joseph A. Ippolito

Joseph A. Ippolito

Still Photographer

Script Supervisor

Willie D. Burton

Willie D. Burton

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