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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

  • 2003
  • G
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
3.1K
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)
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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.

  • Director
    • Judy Irving
  • Stars
    • Mark Bittner
    • Maggie McCall
    • Ivan Stormgart
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    • Director
      • Judy Irving
    • Stars
      • Mark Bittner
      • Maggie McCall
      • Ivan Stormgart
    • 47User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations

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    Mark Bittner
    • Self
    Maggie McCall
    • Self - Urban Legends
    Ivan Stormgart
    • Self - Urban Legends
    Gary Thompson
    • Self - Urban Legends
    Elizabeth Wright
    • Self - Urban Legends
    Jamie Yorck
    • Self - Urban Legends
    Judy Irving
    Judy Irving
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      • Judy Irving
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    • Trivia
      The 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 credits
      Shot on location -- no digital special effects.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous/D.E.B.S./Guess Who/The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Peace of Mind
      Performed by Mark Bittner

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    8/10
    Beyond the warmth of a human heart - caring of and connecting with the birds
    It's like being friends to the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill.

    This documentary is made with lots of lovingness and doses of TLC (tender loving care).connecting with the birds - wild parrots of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. It's nothing eccentric at all describing Mark Bittner 'talking' to the birds - in fact quite down to earth. We're fortunate that filmmaker Judy Irving shared this 'personal' documentary of Mark Bittner and his account/journal of his inter-activity with the parrots, even included honorable mentions of the specific parrots by name (on the advertising poster): Connor, Olive, Mingus, Picasso & Sophie, Pushkin, and Tupelo. It's a birds tale integrally told, and quite affecting and hopeful, in spite of the multiple arising difficulties to tackle and resolve.

    This is a bird lovers must. A San Francisco city lover's treat. The official Web site 'wildparrotsfilm.com' is worth visiting, too, as it offers background information and pictures, like the story on how the music was scored by composer Chris Michie, and the film being dedicated to him, and how the theatrical Pelican Media release of the film is in conjunction with the publication of Bittner's book of the same name.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • official Web site for the film
      • Pelican Media
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Дикие попугаи с Телеграф Хилл
    • Filming locations
      • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Pelican Media
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,058,527
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $36,731
      • Feb 13, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,218,709
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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