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Bill and Coo

  • 19481948
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 1m
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5.5/10
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Bill and Coo (1948)
MusicalFamilyFantasy
The feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of "The Black Menace". But to the citizen's rescue comes a brave young taxi puller named Bill!The feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of "The Black Menace". But to the citizen's rescue comes a brave young taxi puller named Bill!The feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of "The Black Menace". But to the citizen's rescue comes a brave young taxi puller named Bill!
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
286
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    • Dean Riesner
    • Royal Foster(screenplay)
    • Dean Riesner(screenplay)
    • Ken Murray(idea)
  • Stars
    • Burton's Birds
    • Jimmy the Crow
    • George Burton
    • Dean Riesner
    • Royal Foster(screenplay)
    • Dean Riesner(screenplay)
    • Ken Murray(idea)
  • Stars
    • Burton's Birds
    • Jimmy the Crow
    • George Burton
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    • 16User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Burton's Birds
    • Bill
    • (as George Burton's Love Birds)
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    Jimmy the Crow
    • The Black Menace
    • (as Curley Twiford's Jimmy the Crow)
    George Burton
    • George Burton (Prologue)
    Elizabeth Walters
    • Elizabeth Walters (Prologue)
    Ken Murray
    Ken Murray
    • Ken Murray (Prologue)
    Pinto Colvig
    Pinto Colvig
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    • (uncredited)
      • Dean Riesner
      • Royal Foster(screenplay)
      • Dean Riesner(screenplay)
      • Ken Murray(idea)
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      The players are real birds dressed like humans.
    • Connections
      References Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
    • Soundtracks
      Hum a Little Tune
      Music by David Buttolph and Lionel Newman

      Lyrics by Royal Foster

      Sung by a chorus during the opening credits

      Also sung when night falls on Chirpendale

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    Worthy Oscar Winner
    This film received a special Oscar for "patience and persistence." Not so remarkable in these days of CGI, but astonishing back then. There must have been bushels of outtakes, but the final story works fine with its many avian actors. The town of Chirpendale is rife with puns (such as a burlesque theater that features "beautiful gulls"), and some of the action seems a bit strange, but the story flows. The reason to see the film is to behold the "acting" of the incredibly trained birds.

    Later animal films, such as "The Adventures of Milo and Otis" are more realistic, but the fantasy world of Chirpendale is internally consistent, and a lot of fun to visit.
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      • March 28, 1948 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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