Bird

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"Bird" is a 1988 biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood that chronicles the life and music of legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (nomination) ⓘ
basedOn life of Charlie Parker ⓘ
cinematographer Jack N. Green ⓘ
composer Lennie Niehaus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depictsGenre bebop jazz ⓘ
director Clint Eastwood ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. ⓘ
editor Joel Cox ⓘ
filmFormat color ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasTheme artistic genius ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ
hasTitle Bird ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Charlie Parker ⓘ
narrativeLocation Kansas City ⓘ
linked to: Kansas City, Kansas

New York City ⓘ
notableFor use of original Charlie Parker recordings ⓘ
partOf Clint Eastwood filmography ⓘ
portrays Chan Parker ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Red Rodney ⓘ
producer Clint Eastwood ⓘ
Lennie Niehaus ⓘ
publicationDate 1988 ⓘ
ratingSystem MPAA R rating ⓘ
runtime approximately 161 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Joel Oliansky ⓘ
setInTimePeriod 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
starring Damon Whitaker ⓘ
Diane Venora ⓘ
Forest Whitaker ⓘ
James Handy ⓘ
Keith David ⓘ
Michael McGuire ⓘ
Michael Zelniker ⓘ
Morgan Nagler ⓘ
Samuel E. Wright ⓘ

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Jack N. Green → workedOn → Bird ⓘ
Joel Oliansky → workedOn → Bird ⓘ
Bird (film) → title → Bird ⓘ
subject linked to: film "Bird"
Diane Venora → notableWork → Bird ⓘ
subject linked to: Venora