A biopic on charlie bird parker, clint eastwood crafts this film as a labor of love. Charlie parker with miles davis december 11, 1948 royal roost, new york city duration. Bird is a movie that demands your full attention, refusing to yield all its meanings if you sit back and let it wash over you. Bird 1988 cast and crew director clint eastwood, a noted jazz aficionado, directs this heartfelt study of pioneering bop saxophonist charlie parker forest whitaker. Million dollar baby frankie dunn 2004 unforgiven bill munny 1992 gran torino walt kowalski 2008 the bridges of madison county robert kincaid 1995 the mule earl stone 2018. Clint eastwood active 1955 2019 born may 31, 1930 in san. Look up bird or bird in wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bird 1988 clint eastwood synopsis, characteristics.
Clint eastwood did a pretty good job with the story of this great jazz saxman bird. Eastwoods almost impressionistic memory montage as bird lays dying is probably the most striking directorial achievement that he has produced. Clint eastwood collection outlaw josey wales here way too long warner bros. Eastwood s almost impressionistic memory montage as bird lays dying is probably the most striking directorial achievement that he has produced. Clint eastwoods filmography as director a list of 28 titles.
Clint eastwoods 25 best movies one of hollywoods greatest leading men, eastwoods acting career has a lot of highlightsbut these are his best films. A pilot is sent into the soviet union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the clint eastwooddirected movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we. Inspector dirty harry callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target. Eastwood s bird is bravely the bird of the jazz faithful, with few concessions. A bird is a feathered, winged, bipedal, warmblooded, egglaying, vertebrate. Janet maslin of the new york times wrote that film was the best and funniest clint eastwood movie in quite a while, and praised eastwood s directing, intricately juxtaposing the old west and the new west.
He was the atlanta security guard who briefly became a national hero after. It is based upon the 1977 novel of the same name by craig thomas. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Official video content provided by warner home video or one of its authorized agents. The narrative is a bit too disorganized to deliver the full thematic punch that the movie strives for, but the performances of whitaker and diane venora as birds wife and the lasting images make it. He could have been a great legend and lived longer had he. Clint eastwood directed movie of the life of charlie bird parker. Released later in 1980, any which way you can, was the sequel to every which way but loose and also starring eastwood.
A biopic on charlie bird parker, clint eastwood crafts this. It was both directed and produced by clint eastwood. Bird 1988, midnight in the garden of good and evil 1997, mystic river 2003, flags of our fathers 2006, letters from iwo jima. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Yuma 1971 western full movie starring clint walker by western mania. The movie is about the life and music of jazz saxophonist charlie bird parker. With clint eastwood, liam neeson, patricia clarkson, evan c. I saw this movie many years ago on television and liked the story. The film was set in russia, but cold war considerations had eastwood s and fritz maness malpaso company using vienna and other locations in austria to double.
There are a few minutes of silent footage, too, and thats it. Clint eastwood shootout the best of the best by jumun. In his struggles to gain widespread acceptance for his music, bird is forever stymied by his own selfdestructiveness, and forever bailed out by the. It was tough to see this movie about bird having such a bad drug addiction with heroin. The film is a tribute to the life and music of jazz saxophonist charlie bird parker. Jan 12, 2008 charlie parker with miles davis december 11, 1948 royal roost, new york city duration. Thats one reason why clint eastwoods bird, a musical biography of parker, is so valuable. Fancy watching bird on your tv or mobile device at home. Bird is a 1988 american biographical film, produced and directed by clint eastwood from a screenplay by joel oliansky. After beginning his acting career exclusively with small uncredited film roles and television appearances, his career has spanned more than 50 years. He could have been a great legend and lived longer had he not became an addict. The narrative is a bit too disorganized to deliver the full thematic punch that the movie strives for, but the performances of whitaker and diane venora as bird s wife and the lasting images make it. Bird movie simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Janet maslin of the new york times wrote that film was the best and funniest clint eastwood movie in quite a while, and praised eastwoods directing, intricately juxtaposing the old west and the new west.
It is constructed as a montage of scenes from parkers life, from his childhood in kansas city, through his early death at the age of 34. His love for jazz music is apparent with this film, and its a well told and acted biopic. It supplies us with images to go with the music, and it provides an idea of the man, more than 30 years after his. Tumbleweed audie murphy, lee van cleff 1953 by thedonkis. With forest whitaker, diane venora, michael zelniker, samuel e. Eastwood has acted in several television series, most notably rawhide. Tv pilot movie 1971 yuma western full length movie by allmoviesclassic. The troubled life and career of jazz musician charlie bird parker forest whitaker. To this hall of guys who were in the wrong place at the right time we can now add the sad story of richard jewell. Clint eastwood is an american film actor, director, producer, and composer.
Jul 26, 2019 clint eastwood movies guerra santiago jr. The movie won an academy award for best sound, a golden globe award for best director, and. New orleans single dad and cop wes block clint eastwood goes after a serial rapistkiller, but when he gets too close to the target, the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted. Clint eastwood was born may 31, 1930 in san francisco, the son of clinton eastwood sr. Clint eastwood takes on the sad true story of richard jewell. Aug 25, 2017 clint eastwoods 25 best movies one of hollywoods greatest leading men, eastwoods acting career has a lot of highlightsbut these are his best films. Most of the exaggerations and telescopings of place and time will offend only th. Forest whitaker stars as the brilliant jazz saxophonist charlie bird parker in this elegiac biopic. Find films and movies featuring clint eastwood on allmovie. Clint eastwoods 5 worst and 5 best movies as a director, from the rookie to unforgiven photos with richard jewell landing in theaters, we look back at the oscar winners highlights and. Director clint eastwood, a noted jazz aficionado, directs this heartfelt study of pioneering bop saxophonist charlie parker forest whitaker. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title bird. It is based upon the 1977 novel of the same name by craig thomas the film was set in russia, but cold war considerations had eastwoods and fritz maness malpaso company using vienna and other locations in austria to double for many of the eurasian story locations.
In bird, the new movie clint eastwood directed on the life of charlie bird parker, the image of the great young actor forest whitaker standing dead still on the bandstand, with only his. Firefox is a 1982 american action technothriller film produced, directed by and starring clint eastwood in panavision. Jun 24, 2011 piano blues clint eastwood documentary. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the clint eastwood directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we. Eastwoods bird is bravely the bird of the jazz faithful, with few concessions. With clint eastwood, freddie jones, david huffman, warren clarke. Bird 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In his struggles to gain widespread acceptance for his music, bird is forever stymied by his own. Clint eastwood, the oldest of the oldtimers, has in recent years focused on making movies about reallife stories of momentary heroes and underestimated men some of whom arent heroes at all. Moving forward and backward through parkers brief life before his death of a heroin overdose at age 34, the film foregrounds the saxophonists difficult relationship with his wife, chan parker diane venora, but also features lengthy scenes of parker. Eastwood has captured the essence of parker and the music is wonderful.
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