The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
- The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Infobox Film
name = The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
caption =
director = Judy Irving
producer = Judy Irving
writer =
starring = Mark Bittner,
Judy Irving (uncredited)
music = Chris Michie
cinematography = Judy Irving
editing = Judy Irving
distributor = Shadow Distribution Inc.
released = February 11, 2005
runtime = 83 mins
rating = MPAA:G
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget = $1,000,000
gross =
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followed_by =
amg_id = 1:307952
imdb_id = 0424565
"The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" is a 2005 documentary film about a population of feral parrots- cherry-headed and blue-crowned conures - in San Francisco, and about Mark Bittner, the man who takes care of them. The movie was directed, produced, and edited by Judy Irving. The film is based on a book of the same name, written by Bittner (ISBN 0-609-61055-4). In May 2007 the documentary aired on the award winning PBS series "Independent Lens".
Awards
The movie won the Genesis Award for Documentary Film and was nominated for the 2005 Satellite Award for Outstanding Documentary DVD.
External links
* [http://www.wildparrotsfilm.com/ Official site]
* [http://map.sanfranciscohiltonhotel.com/?bid=207&vid=30757 Interactive map of parrots of Telegraph Hill]
* [http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/wildparrots/ The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill] site for Independent Lens on PBS
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