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DRAMA

MUSIC

Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

name	character
Bill Cobbs	Dr. Caulfield
Tony Cox	Pee Wee Marquette
Keith David	Buster Franklin
James Handy	Esteves
Anna Levine	Audrey
Michael McGuire	Brewster
Morgan Nagler	Kim
George Orrison	Patient with Checkers
Sam Robards	Moscowitz
Washington Rucker	Drummer (Uncredited)
Arlen Dean Snyder	Dr. Heath
Tony Todd	Frog
Diane Venora	Chan Parker
Damon Whitaker	Young Bird
Forest Whitaker	Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Penelope Windust	Bellevue Nurse
Glenn Wright	Alcoholic Patient
Samuel E. Wright	Dizzy Gillespie
Michael Zelniker	Red Rodney

name
Clint Eastwood	director, producer
Lennie Niehaus	composer
Joel Oliansky	screenplay

year	award	category	name
1988	Golden Globe Award	Best Director	Clint Eastwood