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Bird / Warner Bros. presents a Malpaso Production ; written by Joel Oliansky ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood.
LIBRA DVD 002 883
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955--Drama.
- Parker, Charlie.
- Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955.
- African American musicians--Biography--Drama.
- African American musicians.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography--Drama.
- Jazz musicians.
- Musicians--United States--Biography--Drama.
- Musicians.
- Jazz.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Biographies.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen version.
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2001]
- Language Note:
- English and French soundtracks with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Drama of the life of legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, directed and produced by jazz fan Clint Eastwood. Past and future overlap as the movie explores Bird's relationship with his steadfast wife Chan Parker, his soaring skill and destructive excesses with alcohol and drugs. Film uses actual recordings by Parker skillfully blending his solo recordings with modern musicians attuned to the Yardbird's improvisations.
- Participant:
- Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Sam Wright, Keith David.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Jack N. Green ; editor, Joel Cox ; music score, Lennie Niehaus.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the 1988 motion picture.
- Special features: Music only audio track, interactive menus, cast/director film highlights, theatrical trailer, scene access.
- ISBN:
- 0790753014
- OCLC:
- 46335296
- Publisher Number:
- 085391182023
- 11820 DVD Video
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