Bird

E541980

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bird canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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