Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He 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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Forest Whitaker as Charlie 'Bird' Parker |
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Diane Venora as Chan Parker |
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Keith David as Buster Franklin |
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Damon Whitaker as Young Bird |
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Michael Zelniker as Red Rodney |
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Samuel E. Wright as Dizzy Gillespie |
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Michael McGuire as Brewster |
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James Handy as Esteves |
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Morgan Nagler as Kim |
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Arlen Dean Snyder as Dr. Heath |
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Sam Robards as Moscowitz |
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Penelope Windust as Bellevue Nurse |
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Glenn Wright as Alcoholic Patient |
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George Orrison as Patient with Checkers |
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Bill Cobbs as Dr. Caulfield |
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Tony Todd as Frog |
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Anna Levine as Audrey |
| Directing | Clint Eastwood | Director |
| Production | Clint Eastwood | Producer |
| Production | David Valdes | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Lennie Niehaus | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Joel Cox | Editor |
| Production | Phyllis Huffman | Casting |
| Art | Edward C. Carfagno | Production Design |
| Writing | Joel Oliansky | Screenplay |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Jack Green | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Robert G. Henderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Rick Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Vern Poore | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Virginia Cook-McGowan | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Marshall Winn | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Teri E. Dorman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David M. Horton | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Joseph A. Ippolito | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Walter Newman | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Marcia Reed | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Lloyd Nelson | Script Supervisor |
