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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 30, 1988
Box Office
$2.0M
Budget
$9.0M
Return
0.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 30, 2001
Theaters
6
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions
Cast
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Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
D
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
M
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
S
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David
Buster Franklin
M
Michael McGuire
Brewster
J
James Handy
Esteves
D
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
M
Morgan Nagler
Kim
A
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
S
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
G
Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient
G
George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
B
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
H
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
J
Joey Green
Gene
J
John Witherspoon
Sid
T
Tony Todd
Frog
J
Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
R
Richard Zavaglia
Ralph the Narc
