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best movie i've ever seen.

Absolutely Fantastic

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

a wonderfully made documentary! the story line is consistent and keeps you glued for the next situation or event in the parrots and bittners involvement with them and their daily life.you will feel very sorry for some of the parrots. and feel glad that bittner is there to care for them. but in the end - nature wins.my only problem with this docu was the taking of "mingus" and some other parrots (which were caged) to a parrot rescue center. it is never explained why bittner couldn't keep the indoor caged parrots when he moved. he found a place to live! and he loved "mingus". this decision is never made clear.otherwise i would suggest this movie to anyone interested in urban wild life and human interaction with them!

What a wonderful movie. This movie is spiritually uplifting and inspirational. It chronicles selflessness and real, unconditional love for fellow creatures. The movie is not so much about the parrots; it is about he people whose lives the parrots changed. It is about how a man who is on the margins of society is saved by the mere presence of birds which give him a reason to live. The story is simple yet profound. Animals have feelings too and it is that quality which binds them and humans together. This concept is nothing new. However, this movie chronicles how what is often overlooked can be a source of great beauty.

Rarely do I want to see a movie twice but when I keep thinking about a movie the day after seeing it and want to watch it again, I know I have found a special film. This movie worked on me in so many ways. At first I didn't even like the main (human) character. I thought he was a lazy bum. But as I watched him I grew jealous of him. He lives his own life and he does good things for others. How many people can say that! On top of the main character, the film moves at a good pace and the story is very entertaining. The plot captures you and the other actors (the parrots) are so good at showing their personalities. The music is excellent. I won't say much more because I do not want to spoil the story but this film is great for anyone, adults or children. And if you love birds, then you must watch this film but make sure you have a hankie available. One of the best films I have ever seen. BTW, I saw it by downloading it from Netflix.

I admit it: it is pretentious in the extreme to attach the possessive "my" to America's greatest city but I do feel much justification in doing so because this film is more than an examination of a man who loves and cares for wild parrots. I lived in a bedsitter on Nob Hill but spent most of my time haunting the area where the film was made: that marvelous blocks of North Beach and Upper Grant. The area of Molinari's deli, Cafe' Trieste, Vesuvio Bar, City Lights Bookstore and Tosca Cafe' across the street. I wrote love letters to my future wife from the corner table photographed in Cafe' Trieste.Of course this wonderful movie was far more than a travel log through which I could recapture a magical year in my life; it was a movie about a fascinating man who reached out and embraced a seemingly innocuous event, an event that would transform his life.All of us encounter these potentially life altering events but how many of us allow ourselves to be swept along by them and thus allow fate to ennoble us as it did on Telegraph Hill.