Bird
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Clint Eastwood's moody, evocative direction and Forest Whitaker's strong, sensitive performance are the chief proponents to recommend this biopic of '40s jazz legend Charlie Parker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker (Forest Whitaker) 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.
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Cast:
Forest Whitaker,
Diane Venora,
Michael Zelniker,
Samuel E. Wright,
Keith David,
Michael McGuire,
James Handy,
Damon Whitaker,
Morgan Nagler,
Arlen Dean Snyder,
Sam Robards,
Penelope Windust,
Glenn Wright,
George Orrison,
Bill Cobbs,
Hamilton Camp,
Chris Bosley,
George T. Bruce,
Joey Green,
John Witherspoon,
Tony Todd,
Jo De Winter,
Richard Zavaglia,
Anna Levine,
Al Pugliese,
Hubert Kelly,
Billy J. Mitchell,
Karl Vincent,
Lou Cutell,
Roger Etienne,
Jason Bernard,
Gretchen Oehler,
Richard McKenzie,
Tony Cox,
Diane Salinger,
Johnny Adams,
Natalia Silverwood,
Duane Matthews,
Slim Jim Phantom,
Matthew Faison,
Peter Crook,
Alec Paul Rubinstein,
Patricia Herd,
Steve Zettler,
Ann Weldon,
Charley Lang,
Tim Russ,
Richard Jeni,
Don Starr,
Richard Mawe,
Jimmy Walker Lane
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