Bird

6.8

United States Of America

Drama Music

161 min

1988

Bill Cobbs Diane Salinger Tony Cox Richard McKenzie Jason Bernard Lou Cutell Billy J. Mitchell Al Pugliese Anna Thomson Jo De Winter Tony Todd John Witherspoon Hamilton Camp Forest Whitaker George Orrison Sam Robards Arlen Dean Snyder Morgan Nagler Damon Whitaker James Handy Michael McGuire Keith David Samuel E. Wright Michael Zelniker Diane Venora

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.