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Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1988 2h 41m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Movies like
Bird
Drama
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1939 Kansas City, Missouri, young alto saxophone player Charlie "Bird" Parker (Forest Whitaker) performs at the Reno Club. However, his rapid and sporadic playing gets him jeered offstage. Moving to New York City, Charlie begins performing at different jazz venues on 52nd Street and meets trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (Samuel E. Wright). While Charlie performs with Dizzy, their specific style of jazz becomes popular and is known as "bebop."
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Michael McGuire
Brewster
Morgan Nagler
Kim
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
Tony Todd
Frog
Diane Venora
Chan Parker