

Bird
"There are no second acts in American lives."
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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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.
Audience reviews
1- R5/10
r96sk
2/2/2022
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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