Bird

From guns to saxophones, Eastwood’s biopic of jazz legend Charles ‘Bird’ Parker seamlessly blends his passion for music with his fascination for characters who are lonely, heroic drifters. With a mix of free-spirited structure and faultless rhythm that parallel the neurotic pace of bebop itself, Eastwood stages his soulful tribute to the jazz revolutionary whose improvisations and joyful discoveries on the saxophone create a sound that is truly distinctive, and to the man of tremendous warmth whose struggle with addiction never led to self-defeat. Bird’s original solos, combined with Forest Whitaker’s extraordinary miming, give a haunting illusion of experiencing the artist as he might have lived.

Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor and Technical Grand Prize

Golden Globes: Best Director