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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301313612
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6301313615
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: July 01, 1991
Running Time: 161 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 30, 1988
Sales Rank: 12797
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Clint Eastwood's moody, evocative direction and Forest Whitaker's strong, sensitive performance are the chief proponents to recommend an otherwise muted biopic of '40s jazz legend Charlie Parker, who fell victim to his chemical excesses and convinced the doctor who pronounced him dead that he was a good four decades older than he actually was. The film doesn't try to assign clear blame for Parker's demons, though the era's racism is addressed unflinchingly. Clearly a labor of love, Eastwood's movie structurally attempts to ape the angular music of bebop itself (there are flashbacks within flashbacks, which gets a little confusing), but doesn't quite capture the smolder of the period. Diane Venora registers strongly as Bird's wife, Chan, the woman who can't rescue Bird from the abyss into which he peers. --David Kronke
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I didn't know that much about Charlie Parker walking into `Bird', and sadly, I still don't know that much about him. The film attempts to shed some light (figuratively) on the man that was Charlie Parker, but through poor construction and overwrought delivery the film fails at almost every attempt. True, both Whitaker and Venora are nearly flawless in this film, but their superb acting cannot in the end elevate what Clint Eastwood has done to this picture.
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This is a fantastic movie with lots of special features. It doesn't matter if you're a fan of Forest Whitaker as an actor, Clint Eastwood as a director or Charlie Parker as an artist (which I am, am and am now). It's just a great movie that honors a man who greatly influenced jazz and influenced all modern music. You'll see some important history from that era.
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so pleased to find this great old classic and in such good condition for gifts!
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I love this film and the review that follows is for the DVD quality only. Some have said that the DVD is a little dark in places. Others have claimed that the film was meant to be dark because of its subject matter. Well, to say that this DVD is a little dark in some scenes is a gross undersatement. It is so dark that you cannot see any of the people in these scenes. I have the laserdisc of the film and it is no where near as dark as this DVD. This DVD needed to be recalled!! It is a joke and ... Read More
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First Class Film Making by Clint Eastwood. You can tell by the quality of this film that Clint is a JAZZ Lover Extraordinary!!!!!
Dark presentation which really detracts from the film but had it been less difficult to view i would have given it a 10 out of 5 !!!!!!!!!!! I am a little miffed why this was allowed to be released with such a dark presentation especially after the professional attention given a film before release!!!!!!!????????
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starring: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright, Keith David
directed by: Clint Eastwood
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301313612
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6301313615
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: July 01, 1991
Running Time: 161 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 30, 1988
Sales Rank: 12797
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