Bird

Name: Bird
Director: Clint Eastwood
Released: 1988-09-15

1988 film directed by Clint Eastwood

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Released: September 15, 1988
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1.kinokalender.com/film3821_bird.htmlRetrieved 2017-12-17
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, 1988
Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Joel Oliansky
Producer: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Forest Whitaker
, Diane Venora
, Samuel E. Wright
, Keith David
+14 more
Runtime: 161 min
Genre: biographical film
, musical film
, drama film
Country of origin: United States

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Bird is a 1988 American biographical musical drama film about jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker, directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and written by Joel Oliansky. The film stars Forest Whitaker as Parker, and Diane Venora as his wife Chan Parker. It is constructed as a montage of scenes from Parker's life, from his childhood in Kansas City, through his early death at the age of 34.

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Director of photography: Jack N. Green
Film editor: Joel Cox
Title: Bird
Color: color
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Sound(February 15, 1989) nominee: Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander · statement is subject of: 61st Academy Awards
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Filmiroda rating: Category II rating certificate id: F/2536/D
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1.Stated in terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx
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Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/67945
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 78%(February 12, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 27 critic review
78/100(January 23, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 14 critic review
6.6/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Bird”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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Kijkwijzer rating: 16 content descriptor: Smoking, alcohol and drugs, Coarse language
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/bird/Retrieved 2025-07-05
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