Cast

Forest Whitaker Diane Venora Michael Zelniker Samuel E. Wright Keith David Michael McGuire

Credits

Written by: Joel Oliansky

Plot

A biography of the jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker, his genius, his addictions and his troubled relationship with his wife, told in non-linear fragments, with Forest Whitaker.

Sinekatalog’s take

A moody and moving jazz biography.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (14,527 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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