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Bird is a 1988 American biographical musical drama film about jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker, directed and produced by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Joel Oliansky. The film stars Forest Whitaker as Parker, and Diane Venora .
Phenomenon is a 1996 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Gerald Di Pego, in which an amiable, small-town everyman is inexplicably transformed into a genius with telekinetic powers.
Forest Whitaker in 2014. Forest Whitaker is an American actor, producer and director.. Whitaker started his career in early roles in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Vision Quest (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Platoon (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) before his leading role in Clint Eastwood's Bird (1988).
Forest Steven Whitaker was born on July 15, 1961, in Longview, Texas, [6] the son of Laura Francis (née Smith), a special education teacher and Forest E. Whitaker Jr., an insurance salesman. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] A DNA test has shown that his mother had Akan ancestry, while his father was of Igbo descent. [ 9 ]
John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson and Harvey Keitel reunited at the TCM Classic Film festival on Thursday for a 30th anniversary screening of Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction ...
Battlefield Earth is a 2000 American science fiction film based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.It was directed by Roger Christian and stars John Travolta, Barry Pepper, and Forest Whitaker.
“I just want to say, I’m so grateful for this movie,” the 26-year-old Oscar-winner said of her “Jackie” and “No Strings Attached” co-star’s awards-season success story.
Barry Keoghan smiled from ear to ear as Andrea Arnold’s latest film, “Bird,” earned a seven-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere on Thursday. Festival favorite Arnold ...