Bird
Bird
Release: 1988-06-01
·Runtime: 161m
·★ 6.8
Drama
Music
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Malpaso Productions
Cast
Forest Whitaker
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora
as Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker
as Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright
as Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David
as Buster Franklin
Michael McGuire
as Brewster
James Handy
as Esteves
Damon Whitaker
as Young Bird
Morgan Nagler
as Kim
Arlen Dean Snyder
as Dr. Heath
Sam Robards
as Moscowitz
George Orrison
as Patient with Checkers
Bill Cobbs
as Dr. Caulfield
Hamilton Camp
as Mayor of 52nd Street
Joey Green
as Gene
John Witherspoon
as Sid
Tony Todd
as Frog
Jo De Winter
as Mildred Berg
Anna Thomson
as Audrey
Al Pugliese
as Owner - Three Deuces
Billy J. Mitchell
as Prince
Lou Cutell
as Bride's Father
Jason Bernard
as Benny Tate
Richard McKenzie
as Southern Doctor
Tony Cox
as Pee Wee Marquette
Diane Salinger
as Baroness Nica
Ann Weldon
as Violet Wells
