Bird (1988)

Bird (1988)

  • 8.3
  • 161 mins
  • Music, Biography, Drama, History

Storyline

Jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker (Forest Whitaker) lives fast and self-destructs, dead at 34 in 1955.



Short Review

What the film pulls off is the difficult fusion of this kind of accuracy with larger 'truths' which are no respecter of accuracy.


Trailer