A talking parrot named Paulie recounts his travels to look for his original owner to a Russian janitor who helps him to the end of his journey.A talking parrot named Paulie recounts his travels to look for his original owner to a Russian janitor who helps him to the end of his journey.A talking parrot named Paulie recounts his travels to look for his original owner to a Russian janitor who helps him to the end of his journey.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total
Hallie Eisenberg
- Marie Alweather
- (as Hallie Kate Eisenberg)
Tia Texada
- Ruby
- (voice)
- …
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- Writer
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Storyline
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- TriviaAnimal stunt coordinator Boone Narr arranged seven separate bird casting calls, involving over 38 species. Blue-crown Conure parrots were deemed best, and fourteen of them were used in the production, different birds with different personalities fitting into different scenes. For scenes that were too dangerous for the live parrots, or needed complex facial expressions in close-ups, an animatronic Paulie created at the Stan Winston Studio was used.
- GoofsWhen Marie and her mother are hugging each other after Marie says, "Cup" while struggling, you can see that Paulie pooped on the table.
- SoundtracksMarie
Written by Randy Newman
Featured review
Heart-warming again...
This is a really heart-warming family movie. It has absolutely brilliant animal training and "acting" (if you can call it like that) as well (just think about the dog in "How the Grinch stole Christmas"... it was plain bad training). The Paulie story is extremely well done, well reproduced and in general the characters are really elaborated too. Not more to say except that this is a GREAT MOVIE!
My ratings: story 8.5/10, acting 7.5/10, animals+fx 8.5/10, cinematography 8/10.
My overall rating: 8/10 - BIG FAMILY MOVIE AND VERY WORTH WATCHING!
My ratings: story 8.5/10, acting 7.5/10, animals+fx 8.5/10, cinematography 8/10.
My overall rating: 8/10 - BIG FAMILY MOVIE AND VERY WORTH WATCHING!
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- elcinematico
- Dec 30, 2003
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Polly, a Parrot's Tail
- Filming locations
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada(Downtown)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $26,875,268
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,369,800
- Apr 19, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $26,875,268
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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