Directed by:
Clint EastwoodScreenplay:
Joel OlianskyCinematography:
Jack N. GreenCast:
Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Samuel E. Wright, Keith David, James Handy, Sam Robards, Bill Cobbs, Arlen Dean Snyder, John Witherspoon, Tony Todd, Anna Levine (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
The year: 1946. The event: Oakland's "Jazz at the Philharmonic." The music streaked into the unknown, daring listeners to grab hold and fly there, too. On stage was the creator of those new sounds: Charles "Yardbird" Parker. In the crowd was the 16-year-old who would someday bring Parker's extraordinary story to the screen: Clint Eastwood. "Americans don't have any original art except Western movies and jazz," observes Eastwood. Movie fans, of course, know that few heroes sit as tall in the saddles as Eastwood. Now the legendary America icon, whose Dirty Harry films have been praised for their jazz scores, ventures deeper into that other original American art. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Forest Whitaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/438/164438982_ed2bec.jpg)
Forest Whitaker
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Phone Booth (2002)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
![Diane Venora](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/414/414873_2b1c7e.jpg)
Diane Venora
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
The Insider (1999)
Bird (1988)
Samuel E. Wright
USA
Best movies:
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Bird (1988)
Dinosaur (2000)
![Keith David](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271686_45b61d.jpg)
Keith David
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Thing (1982)
![James Handy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/342/162342703_d051ef.jpg)
James Handy
USA
Best movies:
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Unbreakable (2000)
The Verdict (1982)
![Sam Robards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268820_03ad49.jpg)
Sam Robards
USA
Best movies:
American Beauty (1999)
Casualties of War (1989)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
![Bill Cobbs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270881_984402.jpg)
Bill Cobbs
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
Demolition Man (1993)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
![Arlen Dean Snyder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/414/160414430_898f2f.jpg)
Arlen Dean Snyder
USA
Best movies:
North and South (1985) (series)
Bird (1988)
Attica (1980) (TV movie)
![John Witherspoon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812693_c380d5.jpg)
John Witherspoon
USA
Best movies:
Bird (1988)
The Jazz Singer (1980)
House Party (1990)
![Tony Todd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/017/168017335_7lwfpa.jpg)
Tony Todd
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
The Rock (1996)
The Man from Earth (2007)
![Anna Levine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/491/491594_44104c.jpg)
Anna Levine
USA
Best movies:
Unforgiven (1992)
True Romance (1993)
The Crow (1994)
![Lou Cutell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270908_e696b0.jpg)
Lou Cutell
USA
Best movies:
Little Big Man (1970)
Shoot the Moon (1982)
Voyager (1991)
![Tony Cox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270924_8c2d2a.jpg)
Tony Cox
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Bird (1988)
Beetlejuice (1988)
![Diane Salinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/425/158425446_175166.jpg)
Diane Salinger
USA
Best movies:
Ghost World (2001)
Batman Returns (1992)
Bird (1988)
![Tim Russ](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/772/162772342_61c14f.png)
Tim Russ
USA
Best movies:
Crossroads (1986)
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Bird (1988)
Richard Jeni
USA
Best movies:
Bird (1988)
The Mask (1994)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
![Michael McGuire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/462/160462383_acc060.jpg)
Michael McGuire
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
Bird (1988)
![Penelope Windust](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/496/160496228_c60387.gif)
Penelope Windust
USA
![Damon Whitaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/654/160654757_197c65.jpg)
Damon Whitaker
USA
Best movies:
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Bird (1988)
Jo de Winter
USA
Best movies:
Dirty Harry (1971)
Bird (1988)
There Goes My Baby (1994)