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Bird (1988)

Bird (1988)

R 161 minutes EN Drama , Music
"There are no second acts in American lives."
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.
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Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David
Buster Franklin
James Handy
Esteves
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient

Production crew

Original Music Composer
Editor
Production Design
Sound Mixer
Sound Editor
Sound Editor
Director of Photography
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Production companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $9,000,000
Revenue: $2,000,000

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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