Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2005)

A documentary which captures an eccentric ornithologist communing with his flock with an intimacy that's almost unimaginable.

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05/25/07

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04/01/06

Irving captures some memorable images… but generally relies on the birds' natural photogenic charm as well as the human dimensions of the drama to sustain the 83-minute film.

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02/10/06

The beautiful shots of San Francisco's lush Telegraph Hill are captivating by themselves, but the film's greatest achievement is its humanity.

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12/09/05

Perhaps if Judy Irving's The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill had been released in any other year, I wouldn't be so judgmental and hard to please

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12/09/05

In the spirit of all good documentaries, Wild Parrots transcends its ostensive subject.

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12/06/05

The birds...are a natural subject for a documentary film, but in the end Judy Irving's film is as much or more about Mark Bittner, a self-appointed guardian of the flock, than it is about the birds themselves.

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11/26/05

Amusing, touching and satisfying, this gentle yet probing little doco is a hand made movie whose simplicity and its subject matter are pluses.

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10/14/05

Even though it's only August, I'm not going out on a limb when I say that "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" is one of the best films of the year.

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08/16/05

How animals can sometimes, like art, serve as a reflection of the hopes and fears of their caretakers.

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08/02/05

Parrots not so wild.Documentary shows quirks but not much else.

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07/20/05

Parrots not so wild.Documentary shows quirks but not much else.

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07/20/05