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Bird

1988 · 161 min · Director: Clint Eastwood ★ IMDb 7.1 · 14,539 ratings

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Saxophone player Charlie "Bird" Parker (Forest Whitaker) comes to New York City in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. Despite becoming a drug addict, his loving wife Chan (Diane Venora) tries to help him through his personal issues.

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Bird (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Awe. Genres: Drama, Music, Biography. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Humor

Sadness
Empathy
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 23 %, then peaks around 83 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension57 %33 %43 %48 %
7.5 %≈ 12′Sadness65 %48 %55 %54 %
12.5 %≈ 20′Empathy58 %40 %51 %44 %
17.5 %≈ 28′Empathy46 %28 %41 %30 %
22.5 %≈ 36′Love46 %24 %36 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 44′Humor49 %21 %34 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 52′Love49 %26 %38 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 60′Humor49 %31 %40 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 68′Sadness50 %33 %40 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 76′Love48 %24 %33 %33 %
52.5 %≈ 85′Humor50 %14 %25 %31 %
57.5 %≈ 93′Humor57 %20 %34 %39 %
62.5 %≈ 101′Empathy60 %33 %46 %44 %
67.5 %≈ 109′Love57 %36 %48 %44 %
72.5 %≈ 117′Empathy63 %49 %55 %46 %
77.5 %≈ 125′Sadness81 %75 %75 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 133′Sadness84 %78 %77 %58 %
87.5 %≈ 141′Sadness74 %61 %66 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 149′Empathy76 %64 %68 %50 %
97.5 %≈ 157′Sadness84 %77 %73 %38 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Forest Whitaker

Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Diane Venora

Chan Parker

MZ
Michael Zelniker

MZ
Michael Zelniker

Red Rodney

SE
Samuel E. Wright

Dizzy Gillespie

Keith David

Buster Franklin

MM
Michael McGuire

Brewster

James Handy

Esteves

DW
Damon Whitaker

Young Bird

MN
Morgan Nagler

Kim

AD
Arlen Dean Snyder

Dr. Heath

Sam Robards

Moscowitz

GW
Glenn Wright

Alcoholic Patient

GO
George Orrison

Patient with Checkers

Bill Cobbs

Dr. Caulfield

Hamilton Camp

Mayor of 52nd Street

CB
Chris Bosley

First Doorman

GT
George T. Bruce

Second Doorman

JG
Joey Green

Gene

Tony Todd

Frog

Details

Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Written by
Joel Oliansky
Type
Movies
Released
1988
Runtime
161 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 14,539 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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