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Bird

"There are no second acts in American lives."
"There are no second acts in American lives."
Drama, Music - 1988
Bird
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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.
Director:
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Clint Eastwood
Cast:
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Forest Whitaker
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Diane Venora
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Michael Zelniker
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Michael McGuire
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Damon Whitaker
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James Handy
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Keith David
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Samuel E. Wright
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Morgan Nagler

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Details

Runtime:
161 min
Release date:
1 Jun 1988
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$9,000,000
Revenue:
$2,000,000
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 9 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Sensitively acted, beautifully planned visually and dynamite musically, this is a dramatic telling of the troubled life of a revolutionary artist.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
Bird is less moving as a character study than it is as a tribute and as a labor of love. The portrait it offers, though hazy at times, is one Charlie Parker's admirers will recognize.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
Whitaker sweats, vomits, blows and wails as the Bird (so named for hanging around jazz clubs like a yardbird), laying in some minor-key grace to Parker's self-destruction along the way. But he never lets you into his darkest fears.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Even though, thematically, the movie won't come clear, Eastwood has succeeded so thoroughly in communicating his love of his subject, and there's such vitality in the performances, that we walk out elated, juiced on the actors and the music.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Whitaker occupies this world as a large, friendly, sometimes taciturn man who tries to harm nobody and who cannot understand why the world would not let him play his music. Neither can we.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
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