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Bird

  • 1988
  • T
  • 2h 41min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,1/10
14.046
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Forest Whitaker in Bird (1988)
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La vita e la carriera complicate del musicista jazz Charlie "Bird" Parker.La vita e la carriera complicate del musicista jazz Charlie "Bird" Parker.La vita e la carriera complicate del musicista jazz Charlie "Bird" Parker.

  • Regia
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Joel Oliansky
  • Star
    • Forest Whitaker
    • Diane Venora
    • Michael Zelniker
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,1/10
    14.046
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Joel Oliansky
    • Star
      • Forest Whitaker
      • Diane Venora
      • Michael Zelniker
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    • 23Recensioni della critica
    • 78Metascore
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    Forest Whitaker
    Forest Whitaker
    • Charlie 'Bird' Parker
    Diane Venora
    Diane Venora
    • Chan Parker
    Michael Zelniker
    Michael Zelniker
    • Red Rodney
    Samuel E. Wright
    Samuel E. Wright
    • Dizzy
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Buster Franklin
    Michael McGuire
    Michael McGuire
    • Brewster
    James Handy
    James Handy
    • Esteves
    Damon Whitaker
    Damon Whitaker
    • Young Bird
    Morgan Nagler
    Morgan Nagler
    • Kim
    Arlen Dean Snyder
    Arlen Dean Snyder
    • Dr. Heath
    Sam Robards
    Sam Robards
    • Moscowitz
    Penelope Windust
    Penelope Windust
    • Bellevue Nurse
    Glenn Wright
    • Alcoholic Patient
    • (as Glenn T. Wright)
    George Orrison
    • Patient with Checkers
    Bill Cobbs
    Bill Cobbs
    • Dr. Caulfield
    Hamilton Camp
    Hamilton Camp
    • Mayor of 52nd Street
    Chris Bosley
    • First Doorman
    George T. Bruce
    • Second Doorman
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      • Clint Eastwood
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Joel Oliansky
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    7Nazi_Fighter_David

    A saxophonist who truly altered the direction of jazz history with his music

    "Bird" traces the life of Charlie Parker, a 1940's soloist jazz great whose improvisation abilities led him to become one of the most acclaimed figure in his own lifetime… However, his self-destructive behavior and association with drugs and alcohol caused him to die before he could fully comprehend the public appreciation of his genius…

    Eastwood worked with a cast of relative unknown stars, and managed to create an entire period piece on the relatively low budget show…

    Sensitively acted, visually designed, this dramatic story of the troubled life of a man of tremendous warmth and compassion, Eastwood delivers a compelling portrait of an artist with an ambitious presentation of love including a magnificent score, and stunning sound… (The film's sound captured an Oscar.)

    Whitaker gives an excellent performance, with an especially inevitable death scene at the age of 34… Diane Venora is impressive as the wife of this great jazz musician… Their last conversation by phone presented the legend Parker's with his conscientious of his near-death, his lost effort, his feeling of loneliness, but also his kindness, his love, and his care to his entire family… A great scene not to be missed!
    bob the moo

    Tragic story, great central performance

    The story of jazz great Charlie Parker. The film follows his rise from clubs to records and follows him across tours, drug abuse, personal loss and his eventual death. At the time of his death at 34 he was so eaten up by drugs that the coroner assessed his age at 65.

    This is a well put together film about a creative but flawed artist. The plot doesn't glamorise him too much, although it maybe sympathises a little with his addiction and doesn't show it quite as harshly as it could have done. That said he is a pretty unpleasant person when he isn't performing. The film focuses on his adult life, which is good as it saves us child actors running around and it means more time is spent on the important years. The covers a lot of time, but it doesn't feel rushed. His drug addiction is honestly handled and it shows both the ups and downs of his life as a user.

    The direction is pretty good, it's obvious Eastwood likes his jazz, and he uses the clubs well getting a great sense of mood. Elements are quite funny and this tempers the more tragic side of his life well. Whittaker is excellent in the lead role, but Diane Venora as his wife is not as good. She doesn't totally carry her lines in the same way - she's OK but you feel like something is missing. The rest of the cast come and go - there are good performances all round from a mostly low-key cast. The main star is the music, and it's treated with a lot of respect with Eastwood giving it plenty of time and creating a good mood for it to work in.

    Overall a tragic story well told with a good central performance and great music.
    6bwaynef

    A sincere but disappointing tribute to Charlie Parker

    Clint Eastwood's reputation as a serious filmmaker was given a considerable boost with this lengthy biography of jazz legend, Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, who Eastwood, a jazz aficionado, saw perform in Oakland, California in 1946. For this labor of love, Eastwood assembled an excellent cast including Forest Whitaker as Parker, Diane Venora--flawless as Bird's woman, Chan Parker--and, in a small role of one of the musician's flirtations, Ana Thompson (the "cut whore" from "Unforgiven"). With the aid of cinematographer Jack N. Green, Eastwood captures the neon burnished lights and darks of the night world Parker inhabited, and the music, featuring genuine Parker solos augmented by modern musicians, can't be faulted, but despite its merits, this "Bird" never takes flight. It is long--too long--and the story it tells, though certainly dramatic in its bleak and uncompromising portrait of an artist whose music was often overshadowed by his drug addiction, weighs down too heavily on the latter than the former. Why is Charlie Parker so important? That question isn't answered here, but another question--why was Charlie Parker dead at 34?--is addressed and answered at length. There is potential on view here--Parker's struggle to survive as a musician in a culture that is more appreciative of rock and roll than of jazz is a minor thread that could have been expanded--but much of it is unrealized. "Bird" is a handsome film, but its craftsmanship and artistry is defeated by the script.
    hb_wichita

    Brilliant and Moving

    Those viewers who claim the film is flawed are missing the point. Screenwriter Joel Oliansky (who also directed the film "The Competition") attempted (quite successfully I believe) to combine the elements of jazz music with the visual medium of film. Rhythm, tone, the improvisational aspects of be-bop, all of these elements go into creating a movie unlike any produced. It is not to be viewed in the traditional sense of linear story-telling. The mood created by Jack N. Green's cinematography is completed suited to the atmosphere of the 1940's and 1950's. As for acting, let us point out Forest Whitaker's Best Actor Award from the Cannes Film Festival and Diane Venora's Best Supporting Actress Award from the New York Film Critics. This film resounds with fine filmmaking, headed by Clint Eastwood's passion for the music. And what music! Parker's original solos were cleaned up and integrated with modern musicians into a seamless flow. The picture won the Best Sound Academy Award (sadly, its only nomination). Look at this film as a tribute to a man and a music, a recollection of a brilliant yet dissipated life, and a kind of filmmaking rarely seen by today's audiences.
    ztruk2001

    Eastwood proves he's one of America's best directors. Simply brilliant.

    A dark and atmospheric biopic on jazz legend Charlie Parker, who with his fast improvisational style formed the sub-genre of bebop. Clint Eastwood directed this movie with a heart and passion that reflects back to his own love of the music which he has carried with him all his life and played a role in all his work. Eastwood himself actually was fortunate to have seen Charlie "Bird" Parker play in when he was alive. The film chronicles his life and has a tight focus on his self destructive behavior and the music itself. Bird explores the highs and lows of his journey. Playing to a sold out house in Paris, playing alongside Dizzy Gillespie, and earning a respect that few other musicians have matched. In contrast we see his heroine addiction, his suffering and depression resulting in several suicide attempts, the death of his daughter, and his wife's loving struggle to help save a man who's ill-fate was inevitable and irreversible.

    Forest Whitaker plays Bird with a lot of heart and soul. Even though I have no idea if it was an accurate portrayal in capturing the man's nuances, Whitaker's interpretation was superlative. Equally as good was Diane Venora as Bird's wife, who found enough strength for the both of them and tried to hold the family together in an un-winnable battle. There's lots of rain, lots of dark nightclubs, lots of street lamps reflecting the soaked streets, and lots of feeling in this one. Having just watched another biopic, that one on Ray Charles, it's clear to see Eastwood's was the real deal, whereas Ray was merely decent.

    Grade: A+

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      Clint Eastwood approached Chan Parker, Charlie Parker's common-law wife on whose memoirs the script was based, for input. She gave Eastwood a collection of lost recordings she'd kept in a bank vault.
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      When Charlie Parker goes to Dizzy Gillespie's house in the middle of the night and asks Dizzy to write down a tune, the year is 1953. The tune is "Now's the Time", published and recorded in 1945.
    • Citazioni

      Doctor at Nica's: [while Bird's body is being retired] Charles Christopher Parker, Junior. Preliminary diagnosis: heart attack. Stocky, male, negro. Approximately 65 years of age.

      Baroness Nica: [with a sad look] He was 34.

    • Curiosità sui crediti
      Pre-titles card: "There are no second acts in American lives." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • Connessioni
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Punchline/Heartbreak Hotel/Memories of Me/Bird/Kansas (1988)
    • Colonne sonore
      Mary Land, My Maryland
      Performed by Lennie Niehaus

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    Dettagli

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    • Data di uscita
      • 23 settembre 1988 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
    • Celebre anche come
      • Yardbird Suite
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Kansas City, Missouri, Stati Uniti
    • Aziende produttrici
      • Warner Bros.
      • The Malpaso Company
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      • 9.000.000 USD (previsto)
    • Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
      • 2.181.286 USD
    • Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
      • 27.116 USD
      • 2 ott 1988
    • Lordo in tutto il mondo
      • 2.201.136 USD
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      2 ore 41 minuti
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      • Dolby Stereo
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      • 1.85 : 1

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