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Bird

"There are no second acts in American lives."

6.8(362)19882h 41m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$9M
Box office
$2M
Language
English
  • jazz
  • heroin
  • saxophone
  • biography
  • psychiatric hospital
  • heroin addict
  • electroconvulsive therapy
  • death of daughter
  • bebop
  • eiffel tower, paris
  • 1950s

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR30 Sept 1988
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1525 Nov 1988
    • Physical156 Sept 2006
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-121 Jun 1988
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival21 May 1988
    • TheatricalTP1 Jun 1988
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1525 Nov 1988
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical23 Sept 1988
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1624 Nov 1988
    • Physical16DVD23 Nov 2005
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical151 Jun 1988

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Bird was released on 1 June 1988.

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    r96sk

    2/2/2022

    5/10

    I personally found <em>'Bird'</em> - directed by Clint Eastwood - to be an absolute slog to sit through. It's an interesting story no doubt, but it's told in the most mundane and boring way possible. I didn't know anything about Charlie Parker beforehand, which is what kept that aforementioned interest there. I'm no jazz fan either, but I am always happy to listen to it when it comes up though. Despite that, I …

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