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Bird

1988 · 161 min

A somber, jazz-soaked immersion into a brilliant musician's self-destruction, unfolding in fragments that linger like half-remembered melodies.

Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker

Tagline: "There are no second acts in American lives."
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
music
obsession
grief
identity
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, music
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Written by: Joel Oliansky
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright, Keith David, Michael McGuire, James Handy, Damon Whitaker
Music: Lennie Niehaus
Cinematography: Jack N. Green
Runtime: 161 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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