Bird (1988)

Movie Details

Original Title Bird

Original Language EN

Budget $9,000,000

Revenue $2,000,000

Status Released

Popularity 0.8

Cast

Forest Whitaker

Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Popularity: 7.0

Diane Venora

Chan Parker

Popularity: 1.8

Michael Zelniker

Red Rodney

Popularity: 0.7

Samuel E. Wright

Dizzy Gillespie

Popularity: 2.3

Keith David

Buster Franklin

Popularity: 4.4

Michael McGuire

Brewster

Popularity: 1.0

James Handy

Esteves

Popularity: 0.4

Damon Whitaker

Young Bird

Popularity: 0.4

Morgan Nagler

Kim

Popularity: 2.0

Arlen Dean Snyder

Dr. Heath

Popularity: 0.5

Sam Robards

Moscowitz

Popularity: 0.8

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Glenn Wright

Alcoholic Patient

Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Screenplay Joel Oliansky

Director Clint Eastwood

Executive Producer David Valdes

Editor Joel Cox

Producer Clint Eastwood

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Malpaso Productions

Videos & Trailers

Michael Schlesinger on BIRD

Featurette

Bird Wins Best Sound: 1989 Oscars

Featurette

Theatrical Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

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Reviews from TMDB

r96sk 5/10

Feb 2, 2022

I personally found <em>'Bird'</em> - directed by Clint Eastwood - to be an absolute slog to sit through. It's an interesting story no doubt, but it's told in the most mundane and boring way possible. I didn't know anything about Charlie Parker beforehand, which is what kept that aforementioned in ... Read more