Bird |  | Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright, Keith David
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 20703
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 161 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 6 x 0.6
MPN: WARD11820D
ISBN: 0790753014
UPC: 085391182023
EAN: 9780790753010
ASIN: B000053V7P
Theatrical Release Date: September 30, 1988
Release Date: January 30, 2001
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Clint Eastwood's moody, evocative direction and Forest Whitaker's strong, sensitive performance are the chief proponents to recommend an otherwise muted biopic of '40s jazz legend Charlie Parker, who fell victim to his chemical excesses and convinced the doctor who pronounced him dead that he was a good four decades older than he actually was. The film doesn't try to assign clear blame for Parker's demons, though the era's racism is addressed unflinchingly. Clearly a labor of love, Eastwood's movie structurally attempts to ape the angular music of bebop itself (there are flashbacks within flashbacks, which gets a little confusing), but doesn't quite capture the smolder of the period. Diane Venora registers strongly as Bird's wife, Chan, the woman who can't rescue Bird from the abyss into which he peers. --David Kronke
Product Description
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. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Forest Whitaker Diane Venora Run time: 161 minutes Rating: R Director: Clint Eastwood
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 OK.......just OK. December 29, 2009
D. Stevens
Movie was OK, not what I expected. It's worth 1 watch. Mr. Whittaker was really good in this film. He's the only memorable actor in the movie.
 Bird September 12, 2009
Bruce A. Ingebo (Lacey, WA USA)
Excellent movie. Forest Whitaker's performance as Charlie 'Bird' Parker is superb as is Clint Eastwood's directing. A little long but well worth it.
great actor doing this movie May 25, 2009
William E. Argo III
watch it too never seen it before did not know that clinton directed this one either thanks again bill
Go Clint ! April 11, 2009
L. Hunt (Citizen Of The World)
trivia: the recording techniques of this soundtrack was rather revolutionary at the time (late 1980's)(was featured extensively in MIX magazine, among others pro publications). Always have loved this movie, there should be more like it - true stories about great artists. CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THERE ARE EXTRAS ON THIS 2 DISC SET, AND IF SO, WHAT ARE THEY?? Thanks.....
 Mainly For Fans Of Charlie Parker February 2, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
The music in here is excellent and makes jazz appealing even to a non-jazz enthusiast like me. It better, because that's what the subject of the film is: jazz, and Charlie Parker, in particular. "Bird" was his nickname, and Parker was a good subject matter for a film - not a pleasant subject most of the time, but for jazz fans the man is a legend.
I thought the acting was good, especially by the two main people: Forest Whitaker, playing Parker, and Diane Venora as wife "Chan."
My major complaint was that it was too long. To make a film over 160 minutes when much of it is a "downer" it tough to sit through. It's generally a story about what can happen to a man who is addicted to drugs, which is what happened to this giant of jazz. That's the part of fhis life that is emphasized,, so it makes this movie a very long, sordid tale, not a happy one.
Unless one is a big jazz aficionado, one viewing of this would be plenty....but it's worth a look.
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