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Where to Watch Bird (1988)

Name: Bird
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 1988-06-01
Duration: 161 min
Rating: 6.8

"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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Forest Whitaker as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora as Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker as Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright as Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David as Buster Franklin