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Bird
"There are no second acts in American lives."
6.8(362)19882h 41m
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.
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Created by
- David Valdes
- Writers
- Joel Oliansky
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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
George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
Chris Bosley
First Doorman
George T. Bruce
Second Doorman
Joey Green
Gene
John Witherspoon
Sid
Tony Todd
Frog
Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
Richard Zavaglia
Ralph the Narc
Anna Thomson
Audrey
Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces
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Crew
Directing
- Clint EastwoodDirector
- Lloyd NelsonScript Supervisor
- L. Dean Jones Jr.First Assistant Director
- Tena Psyche YatroussisSecond Assistant Director
Writing
- Joel OlianskyWriter
Production
- Clint EastwoodProducer
- Phyllis HuffmanCasting
- David ValdesExecutive Producer
- David ValdesUnit Production Manager
Camera
- Marcia ReedStill Photographer
- Jack N. GreenDirector of Photography
- Norman G. LangleyCamera Operator
- Tony Rivetti Sr.First Assistant Camera
- Karina SimmonsSecond Assistant Camera
Editing
- Joel CoxEditor
- Jack GarshaColor Timer
Sound
- Lennie NiehausOriginal Music Composer
- Rick AlexanderSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Joseph A. IppolitoSound Editor
- Marshall WinnSound Editor
- Teri E. DormanSound Editor
- David Horton Sr.Sound Editor
- Virginia Cook-McGowanSound Editor
- Les FresholtzSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Vern PooreSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Robert G. HendersonSupervising Sound Editor
- Walter NewmanSound Editor
- Willie D. BurtonSound Mixer
Art
- Edward C. CarfagnoProduction Design
- Thomas L. RoysdenSet Decoration
Crew
- Joe DaySpecial Effects
Lighting
- Víctor PérezChief Lighting Technician
- Leroy HershkowitzChief Lighting Technician