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Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 11820 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©2001.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0790753014
  • 9780790753010
Uniform titles:
  • Bird (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.B55 B57 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
Features: music only audio track, interactive menus, cast/director film highlights, theatrical trailer, scene access ; Language English and French ; Subtitles English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Jack N. Green ; music score, Lennie Niehaus ; editor, Joel Cox ; production design, Edward C. Carfagno.
  • 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).
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright, Keith David.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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02562 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050192162

Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

Special features: Cast and crew biographies; Optional music-only soundtrack; Theatrical trailer ; Awards.

Features: music only audio track, interactive menus, cast/director film highlights, theatrical trailer, scene access ; Language English and French ; Subtitles English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby digital surround 5.1, surround stereo.

In English (5.1) or dubbed French (stereo.) with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese; closed-captioned.

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).

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