Bird (1988)

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NR | 2 hr 20 mins | Biopic, Music | Released: 9/30/1988 |Box Office Total: $1.5M

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Synopsis:

A biography of jazz saxaphonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/30/1988

Director	Credit
Clint Eastwood	Director
Cast	Credit
Forest Whitaker	Charlie "Bird" Parker
Diane Venora	Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker	Red Rodney
Samuel E Wright	Dizzy
Keith David	Buster Franklin
Michael McGuire	Brewster
James Handy	Esteves
Damon Whitaker	Young
Morgan Nagler	Kim
Arlen Dean Snyder	Dr Heath
Sam Robards	Moscowitz
Penelope Windust	Bellevue Nurse
Glenn T Wright	Alcoholic Patient
George Orrison	Patient With Checkers
Bill Cobbs	Dr Caulfield
Hamilton Camp	Mayor of 52nd Street
Chris Bosley	1st Doorman
George T Bruce	2nd Doorman
Joey Green	Gene
John Witherspoon	Sid
Tony Todd	Frog
Jo DeWinter	Mildred Berg
Richard Zavaglia	Ralph the Narc
Anna Levine	Audrey
Al Pugliese	Owner of Three Deuces
Hubert Kelly	Wilson
Billy Mitchell	Prince
Karl Vincent	Stratton
Lou Cutell	Bride's Father
Roger Etienne	Parisian Emcee
Jason Bernard	Benny Tate
Gretchen Oehler	Southern Nurse
Richard McKenzie	Southern Doctor
Tony Cox	Pee Wee Marquette
Diane Salinger	Baroness Nica
Johnny Adams	Bartender
Natalie Silverwood	Red's Girlfriend
Duane Matthews	Engineer
Slim Jim Phantom	Grainger
Matthew Faison	Judge
Peter Crook	Bird's Lawyer
Alec Paul Rubinstein	Recording Producer
Patricia Herd	Nun
Steve Zettler	Owner of Oasis Club
Ann Weldon	Violet Welles
Charley Lang	Deejay at Paramount
Tim Russ	Harris
Richard Jeni	Morello
Don Starr	Doctor at Nica's
Richard Mawe	Medical Examiner
Production Credits	Credit
David Valdes	Executive Producer
Clint Eastwood	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Malpaso Company	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
WBI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Burbank Studios, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Stockton, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Joel Oliansky	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Michael Maurer	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Thomas Roysden	Set Decorator
Larry Boyd	Set Dresser
Edward C Carfagno	Production Designer
Judy Cammer	Set Designer
Ron Jacobs	Lead Person - leadman
Casting	Credit
Phyllis Huffman	Casting
Olivia Harris	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Jack Garsha	Color Timer
Jack N Green	Director of Photography
Dennis C Modes	Video Playback - video playback operator
Marcia Reed	Photography - stills
Tony Rivetti	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Norman Langley	Camera Operator
Bruce Logan	Photography - process photography
Sabrina Simmons	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Music	Credit
Patti Fidelibus	Music Contractor
Lennie Niehaus	Music Supervisor
Lennie Niehaus	Music
Lennie Niehaus	Music Performer
Red Rodney	Trumpet - trumpeter
Donald Harris	Music Editor
Jon Faddis	Trumpet - trumpeter
Charlie Parker	Music
Charlie Parker	Music Performer
James Rivers	Music Performer
Red Rodney	Music
Vienna Symphony Orchestra	Music Performer
Steve Wax	Music - music consultant
Wolfgang Sawallisch	Music Performer
John Oliver	Music - sideline musician
Mario Lanza	Music Performer
Robert Fernandez	Music - music scoring mixer
Pete Jolly	Music Performer
Igor Stravinsky	Music
Mike Lang	Music Performer
Ronnie Lang	Music - alto saxophonist
King Pleasure	Music Performer
Ray Brown	Music - bassist
John Lewis	Music Performer
John Guerin	Music - drummer
Percy Heath	Music Performer
Chuck Berghofer	Music - bassist
Kenny Clarke	Music Performer
Ron Carter	Music - bassist
Ronnie Lang	Music Performer
Charles McPherson	Music - alto saxophonist
Chuck Domanico	Music - bassist
Gary Foster	Music Performer
Bob Cooper	Music Performer
Pete Christlieb	Music Performer
Chuck Findley	Music Performer
Conte Candoli	Music Performer
Rick Baptist	Music Performer
Dick Nash	Music Performer
Bill Watrous	Music Performer
Production Management	Credit
L Dean Jones Jr	Assistant Director
Lloyd Nelson	Script Supervisor
David Valdes	Production Manager
Antoinette Simmrin	Location Manager
Tena Yatroussis	Assistant Director
Marsha Scarbrough	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Marco Barla	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Marvin E Lewis	Boom Operator
Jay N Engel	ADR Editor
Willie D Burton	Sound - sound recording mixer
Alan Robert Murray	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Les Fresholtz	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Robert G Henderson	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Teri E Dorman	Sound Editor
Dick Alexander	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
David M Horton	Sound Editor
Vern Poore	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Joseph A Ippolito	Sound Editor
Virginia Cook-McGowan	Sound Editor
Walter Newman	Sound Editor
Marshall Winn	Sound Editor
Brooke Henderson Ward	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Dee Dee Goldner	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Visual Effects	Credit
Joe Day	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Robert Christenson	Wardrobe
Kathy Lee Blondell-Hart	Hair - hairstyles
Michael Hancock	Makeup
Glenn T Wright	Costume Supervisor
Alfred Tieg	Wardrobe
Lola Kemp	Hair - hairstyles
Deborah Hopper	Costume Supervisor
Nancy McArdle	Wardrobe

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