Details
- Release: Jun 01 1988
- Runtime: 161 min
- Language: English
- Budget: $9,000,000
- Revenue: $2,000,000
Overview
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.
Trailer
Credits
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Keith David
Buster Franklin
Tony Cox
Pee Wee Marquette
Tony Todd
Frog
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
John Witherspoon
Sid
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
Anna Thomson
Audrey
James Handy
Esteves
Jason Bernard
Benny Tate
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
Diane Salinger
Baroness Nica
Ann Weldon
Violet Wells
Richard McKenzie
Southern Doctor
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
Michael McGuire
Brewster
Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney