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Drama / Music

Bird

"There are no second acts in American lives."

19882h 41mR 6.9/ 10

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 WhitakerCharlie 'Bird' Parker
  • Diane VenoraChan Parker
  • Michael ZelnikerRed Rodney
  • Samuel E. WrightDizzy Gillespie
  • Keith DavidBuster Franklin
  • Michael McGuireBrewster
  • James HandyEsteves
  • Damon WhitakerYoung Bird
  • Morgan NaglerKim
  • A
    Arlen Dean SnyderDr. Heath
  • Sam RobardsMoscowitz
  • G
    Glenn WrightAlcoholic Patient
  • George OrrisonPatient with Checkers
  • Bill CobbsDr. Caulfield
  • Hamilton CampMayor of 52nd Street
  • C
    Chris BosleyFirst Doorman

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