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30 wrzesieñ 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
"There are no second acts in American lives." - F. Scott FitzgeraldPlot:
The troubled life and career of the jazz musician, Charlie "Bird" Parker. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Won Oscar. Another 7 wins & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
I really enjoyed this movie. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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161 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Australia:M | Argentina:18 | UK:15 | Spain:13 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-10 | Norway:10 | Sweden:11 | USA:R | Germany:12 | Iceland:12MOVIEmeter: 
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Clint Eastwood approached Chan Richardson, Charlie Parker's common-law wife on whose memoirs the script was based, for input. She gave Eastwood a collection of lost recordings unlocked from a bank vault. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: When Charlie Parker goes to Dizzy Gillespie's house in the middle of the night and asks Dizzy to write down a tune, the year is 1953. The tune is "Now's the Time", which was published and recorded in 1949. moreQuotes:
Chan Parker: Dizzy sent you a birthday card. Seems he's back in town. Do you owe him a phone call?Charlie Parker: I owe Dizzy everything...except a phone call.
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I. feel that the person that wrote negative things about the movie "Bird" missed the point. He mentioned the fact that the movie didn't go into the interracial marrige of Charlie and Chan Parker. I for one am glad that it didn't. I hate movies that beat the audience over the head with the fact that people can't, won't,and don't except blacks and whites in relationships that are positive. I felt that even though Mr. Parker had an addiction to drugs and had a wondering eye at times, he truely loved his wife. Mrs Parker not only loved her husband the jazz musician but her husband the man and looked out for his well being as best she could. The movie never let me forget that he was an addict but it also showed his genious and creativity. I'd give it a 9 because there was an uneveness about it that made it less than pefect. I truely wished that they had shown more of how he interacted with other greats like Miles Davis and Art Blakey.