Bird
Warner Bros. presents; a Malpaso production; written by Joel Oliansky; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1988
- Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2001]
- Copyright:
- ©2001
More Details
- Summary:
- The life of legendary jazz musician Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, directed and produced by jazz fan, Clint Eastwood. The film uses actual recordings by Parker with the backgrounds removed, and accompaniment by modern musicians attuned to the Yardbird's improvisations.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
French
Spanish
Portuguese - Language Notes:
- In English with optional French soundtrack and optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Closed-captioned. - Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD, Widescreen, Dolby digital, English: surround, French: surround stereo.
- Performers:
- Cast: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright, Keith David.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Jack N. Green ; editor, Joel Cox ; music, Lennie Niehaus.
- General Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Includes optional music-only soundtrack and theatrical trailer.
Golden Globes, 1989: Best Director - Motion Picture (Clint Eastwood).
Cannes Film Festival, 1988: Best Actor (Forest Whitaker); Technicaly Grand Prize ("For the quality of its soundtrack").
Academy Awards, 1989: Best Sound (Les Fresholtz, Rick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton). - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- BIR 1988 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0790753014
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: 11820
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1053020120
46335296 [Invalid]
