“Bird” ( born Bird ) is a movie directed by Clint Eastwood , released in 1988 . Winner of the Golden Globe , Oscar and two prizes at the Cannes Film Festival .
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Clint Eastwood |
| Producer | Clint Eastwood |
| Author script | Joel Oliansky |
| In the main cast | Forest Whitaker Diane Venora |
| Operator | Jack N. Green |
| Composer | Lenny Niehaus |
| Film company | Warner bros Malpaso company |
| Duration | 161 minutes |
| Budget | $ 9 million |
| Fees | $ 2.2 million (in the USA) |
| A country |  USA |
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| Year | 1988 |
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Content
Story
The biopic is a tribute to the jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker , nicknamed Bird. The film is a collage of individual scenes from the life of Parker. Different scenes of the film show his childhood in Kansas City , Missouri , his appearance in New York in 1940, meeting and living with Chen Richardson, drug addiction and premature death at the age of 34. Most of the film is dedicated to the period between 1946 and 1955.
Cast
- Forest Whitaker - Charlie The Bird Parker
- Diane Venora - Chen Parker
- Michael Zelniker - Red Rodney
- Samuel Wright - Dizzy Gillespie
- Keith David - Buster Franklin
- Michael Maguire - Brewster
- James Handy - Estevez
- Damon Whitaker - Charlie in his youth
- Morgan Nagler - Kim
- Arlene Dean Snyder - Dr. Heath
- Sam Robards - Moskowitz
- Penelope Windast - Belleview Nanny
- Glenn Wright - Alcoholic Patient
- George Orrison - Patient with Checkers
- Bill Cobbs - Dr. Caulfield
- Tony Todd - Frot
Awards and nominations
Michael Zelnicker, Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke and Forest Whitaker at the Cannes Premiere
- 1988 - two prizes at the Cannes Film Festival : prize for Best Actor (Forest Whitaker) and Technical Grand Prix "for the quality of the soundtrack"
- 1989 - Oscar Award for Best Sound (Les Fresolz, Rick Alexander, Vern Pur, Willie Burton)
- 1989 - Golden Globe Award for Best Director (Clint Eastwood), as well as two categories: Best Actor in a Movie Drama (Forest Whitaker) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Diane Venora)
- 1989 - Two BAFTA Award nominations : for Best Film Music (Lenny Niehaus) and Best Sound (Les Fresolz, Willie Burton, Alan Robert Murray, Robert Henderson)
- 1989 - Nomination for the Cesar Award for Best Foreign Film (Clint Eastwood)