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Bird

06/01/1988

|

2hrs 41min

|

Drama

,Music

"There are no second acts in American lives."

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Forest Whitaker
  • Diane Venora
  • Michael Zelniker
  • Samuel E. Wright
  • Keith David

    Director

  • Lloyd Nelson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Malpaso Productions

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

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

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