Bird (1988)
Der Film stellt, so behutsam wie vorsichtig, eine amerikanische Legende vor: den verrückten, besessenen, in jeder Hinsicht extremen Jazzer. Alles will der gleichzeitig: Liebe und Erfolg, ewige Lust und ewigen Spaß. Von der Musik erfüllt, zugleich aber von allen nur denkbaren Gelüsten abhängig, läßt Parker seinen Obsessionen freien Lauf: Auf seinem „Hörn" improvisiert er, was nie zuvor zu hören war; mit seinem Körper konsumiert er, woran andere schnell zugrunde gehen — Heroin, Alkohol und Medikamente, Freß- und Sexorgien. Die Tragödie dieses heiligen Mannes: daß er das eine nur tun kann, ohne das andere zu lassen. Seine maßlose, schwindelerregende Musik setzt ein maßloses, schwindelerregendes Leben voraus.
Der Regisseur:
Clint Eastwood
Der Autor:
Joel Oliansky
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Forest Whitaker as Charlie 'Bird' Parker |
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Diane Venora as Chan Parker |
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Michael Zelniker as Red Rodney |
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Samuel E. Wright as Dizzy Gillespie |
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Keith David as Buster Franklin |
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Michael McGuire as Brewster |
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James Handy as Esteves |
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Damon Whitaker as Young Bird |
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Morgan Nagler as Kim |
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Arlen Dean Snyder as Dr. Heath |
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Sam Robards as Moscowitz |
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Glenn Wright as Alcoholic Patient |
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George Orrison as Patient with Checkers |
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Bill Cobbs as Dr. Caulfield |
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Hamilton Camp as Mayor of 52nd Street |
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Chris Bosley as First Doorman |
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George T. Bruce as Second Doorman |
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Joey Green as Gene |
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John Witherspoon as Sid |
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Tony Todd as Frog |
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Jo De Winter as Mildred Berg |
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Richard Zavaglia as Ralph the Narc |
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Anna Thomson as Audrey |
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Al Pugliese as Owner - Three Deuces |
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Hubert Kelly as Wilson |
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Billy J. Mitchell as Prince |
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Karl Vincent as Stratton |
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Lou Cutell as Bride's Father |
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Roger Etienne as Parisian Emcee |
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Jason Bernard as Benny Tate |
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Gretchen Oehler as Southern Nurse |
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Richard McKenzie as Southern Doctor |
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Tony Cox as Pee Wee Marquette |
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Diane Salinger as Baroness Nica |
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Penelope Windust as Bellevue Nurse |
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Ann Weldon as Violet Wells |
| Production | Clint Eastwood | Producer |
| Production | Phyllis Huffman | Casting |
| Writing | Joel Oliansky | Screenplay |
| Art | Edward C. Carfagno | Production Design |
| Directing | Clint Eastwood | Director |
| Production | David Valdes | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Joel Cox | Editor |
| Sound | Lennie Niehaus | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Rick Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Joseph A. Ippolito | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Marshall Winn | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Teri E. Dorman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Horton Sr. | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Marcia Reed | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jack N. Green | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Virginia Cook-McGowan | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Vern Poore | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert G. Henderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Walter Newman | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Lloyd Nelson | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
