Bird
Warner Bros. (1988)
Biography, Drama, Music
In Collection
#1656
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Seen ItYes
085391182023
IMDB   7.2
2 hr 40 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
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
Director
Clint Eastwood
Producer Clint Eastwood
David Valdes
Writer Joel Oliansky
Cinematography Jack N Green
Musician Lennie Niehaus


A Film By Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood brings a lifelong love of jazz to and won a Best Director Best Director Golden Globe Award for this gripping story of pioneering jazzman Charlie "Yardbird" Parker. Like a spellbinding jazz riff, past and future overlap as the movie explores Bird's soaring skill and destructive excesses. In his Cannes Film Festival Best Actor performance, Forest Whitaker in the title role is a candle ablaze at both ends. Diane Venora shares that glorious light, the New York Film Critics Best Supporting Actress choice as steadfast wife Chan Parker. Skillfully blending Parker solo recordings with modern musicians, Bird comes alive most mightily on its soundtrack, honored with a Best Sound Academy Award. In Eastwood's hands, Bird truly, stunningly lives.
Edition Details
Distributor Warner Home Video
Chapters 47
Release Date 1/30/2001
Packaging Snap Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English; French; Portuguese; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Music-Only Audio Track
Interactive Menus
Cast/Director Film Highlights
Theatrical Trailer
Scene Access