---
title: 'Bird (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clint Eastwood'
released: '1988-09-15'
runtime_minutes: 161
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bird-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094747/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bird (1988)

1988 · 161 min · Drama, History, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Bird is a 1988 American biographical musical drama film about jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker, directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and written by Joel Oliansky. The film stars Forest Whitaker as Parker, and Diane Venora as his wife Chan Parker. It is constructed as a montage of scenes from Parker's life, from his childhood in Kansas City, through his early death at the age of 34.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- **Producer:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- **Screenplay:** [Joel Oliansky](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-oliansky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lennie Niehaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/lennie-niehaus)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack N. Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-n-green)
- **Editor:** [Joel Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-cox)

## Cast

- [Tim Russ](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-russ)
- [Penelope Windust](https://cinepixo.com/people/penelope-windust)
- [Anna Thomson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-thomson)
- [Keith David](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-david)
- [James Handy](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-handy)
- [Bill Cobbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-cobbs)
- [Forest Whitaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/forest-whitaker)
- [Diane Venora](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-venora)
- [Samuel E. Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-e-wright)
- [Arlen Dean Snyder](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlen-dean-snyder)
- [Diane Salinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-salinger)
- [Richard Jeni](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jeni)
- [Damon Whitaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/damon-whitaker)
- [Tony Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-cox)
- [Tony Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-todd)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/bird-1988
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