1988/06/01 (US) | Drama, Music
"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.
Joel Oliansky
Screenplay
Clint Eastwood
Director
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David
Buster Franklin
Michael McGuire
Brewster
James Handy
Esteves
$ 9,000,000
$ 2,000,000
Released
Edward C. Carfagno
Production Design
Phyllis Huffman
Casting
Lennie Niehaus
Original Music Composer
David Valdes
Executive Producer
Joel Cox
Editor
Clint Eastwood
Producer