
Bird
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.
Top Billed Cast

Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Diane Venora
Chan Parker

Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney

Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie

Keith David
Buster Franklin
Featured Crew

Clint Eastwood
Director

Clint Eastwood
Producer

David Valdes
Executive Producer

Lennie Niehaus
Original Music Composer

Joel Cox
Editor
Phyllis Huffman
Casting
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