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A homeless musician finds meaning to his life when he starts a friendship with dozens of parrots.A homeless musician finds meaning to his life when he starts a friendship with dozens of parrots.A homeless musician finds meaning to his life when he starts a friendship with dozens of parrots.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations
Storyline
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- TriviaThe flock of wild parrots fly behind the red-tailed hawk in order to escape it.
- Quotes
Mark Bittner: We're all one river till we hit this cliff. That distance between the top of the cliff and the bottom of the cliff is our life. And all the individual little droplets think they really are individual little droplets until they hit the bottom, and then they're gone. But that droplet doesn't lose anything, it gains. It gains the rest of the river.
- Crazy creditsShot on location -- no digital special effects.
- SoundtracksPeace of Mind
Performed by Mark Bittner
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Beautiful & Entertaining
This is a little gem of a movie that deftly combines beautiful photography with an touching story line that gains depth as the movie progresses. The comic acting of the parrots and Mark Bittners amusing narrative keep the film from total chickflickness. Fun and touching, what more do you want. And, oh yeah, it's non-fiction. Great ending!
I guess the only film that comes to mind to compare it to is Winged Migration, a big hit film (for an indy) about birds. Parrots has some great footage of the birds in question, but none of that flying with the flock sensation thatt Winged had. But what Parrots has, of course, is humanity. The relation of Mark to the birds is central to the films arc. The film also addresses the issue of humanities impact on the environment and the natural vs unnatural setting for the parrots.
Ultimately it decides, and I agree, we've changed the environment of urban areas irretrievably so let's not pretend otherwise.
I guess the only film that comes to mind to compare it to is Winged Migration, a big hit film (for an indy) about birds. Parrots has some great footage of the birds in question, but none of that flying with the flock sensation thatt Winged had. But what Parrots has, of course, is humanity. The relation of Mark to the birds is central to the films arc. The film also addresses the issue of humanities impact on the environment and the natural vs unnatural setting for the parrots.
Ultimately it decides, and I agree, we've changed the environment of urban areas irretrievably so let's not pretend otherwise.
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- geraldclare
- Oct 27, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Дикие попугаи с Телеграф Хилл
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,058,527
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $36,731
- Feb 13, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $3,218,709
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003) officially released in India in English?
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