Release date: 06/01/1988
Budget: $9,000,000
Revenue: $2,000,000
Genres:
Drama, Music
Countries:
United States of America
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.
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David
Buster Franklin
Michael McGuire
Brewster
James Handy
Esteves
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
Morgan Nagler
Kim
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
John Witherspoon
Sid
Tony Todd
Frog
Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
Anna Thomson
Audrey
Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces
Billy J. Mitchell
Prince
Lou Cutell
Bride's Father
Jason Bernard
Benny Tate
Richard McKenzie
Southern Doctor
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Pee Wee Marquette
Diane Salinger
Baroness Nica
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