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Bird

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Calorie Rating: 226
Released: 1988-06-01
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 161 Minutes
Budget: 9000000
Revenue 2000000
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions,


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 / Directors

Lloyd Nelson
Script Supervisor


Cast

Forest Whitaker
Character: Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora
Character: Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker
Character: Red Rodney

Samuel E. Wright
Character: Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David
Character: Buster Franklin
Michael McGuire
Character: Brewster

James Handy
Character: Esteves
Damon Whitaker
Character: Young Bird
Morgan Nagler
Character: Kim

Arlen Dean Snyder
Character: Dr. Heath
Sam Robards
Character: Moscowitz
Glenn Wright
Character: Alcoholic Patient

George Orrison
Character: Patient with Checkers
Bill Cobbs
Character: Dr. Caulfield
Hamilton Camp
Character: Mayor of 52nd Street

Chris Bosley
Character: First Doorman
George T. Bruce
Character: Second Doorman
Joey Green
Character: Gene

John Witherspoon
Character: Sid
Tony Todd
Character: Frog
Jo De Winter
Character: Mildred Berg

Richard Zavaglia
Character: Ralph the Narc
Anna Thomson
Character: Audrey
Al Pugliese
Character: Owner - Three Deuces

Hubert Kelly
Character: Wilson
Billy J. Mitchell
Character: Prince
Karl Vincent
Character: Stratton

Lou Cutell
Character: Bride's Father
Roger Etienne
Character: Parisian Emcee
Jason Bernard
Character: Benny Tate

Gretchen Oehler
Character: Southern Nurse
Richard McKenzie
Character: Southern Doctor
Tony Cox
Character: Pee Wee Marquette

Diane Salinger
Character: Baroness Nica
Penelope Windust
Character: Bellevue Nurse
Ann Weldon
Character: Violet Wells


Production and Crew

David Valdes
Executive Producer
Lennie Niehaus
Original Music Composer

Joel Cox
Editor
Edward C. Carfagno
Production Design

Joel Oliansky
Screenplay
Jack N. Green
Director of Photography
Robert G. Henderson
Supervising Sound Editor

Rick Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Les Fresholtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vern Poore
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Marshall Winn
Sound Editor
Teri E. Dorman
Sound Editor

David Horton Sr.
Sound Editor
Walter Newman
Sound Editor

Marcia Reed
Still Photographer