Plot
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.
Cast
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
Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient
Crew
Clint Eastwood
Producer
Clint Eastwood
Director
Lennie Niehaus
Original Music Composer
Jack N. Green
Director of Photography
Joel Oliansky
Writer
Related films
6.5Born to Be Blue
2015
Film details
6.5The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2021
Film details
7.1The Doors
1991
Film details
7.3Rocketman
2019
Film details
7.5Ray
2004
Film details
5.8Taurus
2022
Film details
6.7To Write Love on Her Arms
2015
Film details
7.0Out of the Blue
1981
Film details
7.3Enter the Void
2010
Film details
6.4Heaven Knows What
2015
Film details
6.5Greta
2019
Film details
7.2Lust for Life
1956
Film details
7.5Control
2007
Film details
7.2Nowhere Boy
2009
Film details
7.4Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
Film details