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| The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | 
| Actor: Mark Bittner
Studio: DOCURAMA
Category: DVD
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  153 reviews
Sales Rank: 3793
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Surround Sound
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Running Time: 83 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: NVGD9693D
ISBN: 0767085973
UPC: 767685969335
EAN: 9780767085977
ASIN: B000BB1534
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: December 26, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Item in very good condition, rental overstock, may or may not include insert and/or stickers, 100% guaranteed.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Heads up bird lovers April 10, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
For those of you that are bird lovers, or nature lovers in general, this is a touching true story that highlights the struggle between man and nature. The narrator is an eclectic character who befriends a flock of wild birds in the middle of a big city. He gets to know them individually and so does the viewer, sharing their lives on a personal basis. It is both heartwarming and sad, and leaves one wanting to know what happens after it ends.
 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill April 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved it, I grew up in Los Angeles, and there were a flock of blue and yellow parrots that would come and eat the walnuts in our neighbor's tree. No one belived my mother when she said she saw them, until she set up her camera on a tripod and timer and caught them eating the walnuts.
It's about more than just the birds. April 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yes, the parrot footage is cute. Such intimate views of the birds would have been enough, but the much more fascinating focus of the film is the man who feeds these parrots. I'll admit, at first I thought the homeless man was a bit off his rocker (in fact, I think the movie invites you to think that). The climax of the movie is when you can get past that initial impression of his eccentricity, and see him for a sensitive, sincere, and intelligent human being. I highly recommend watching this.
Colorful Parrots of San Francisco April 10, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is an absolute must for any bird lovers as well as people who are interested in San Francisco lore. Mark Bittner's story is a fascinating picture of his changing lifestyle as he becomes involved with the character of each member of the flock of conures. The photos are great, and lend much to the charm of the book. The happy ending is the icing on the cake!
Lovely portrait of an odd, wonderful pocket of magic March 28, 2007
This is a wonderful movie about the overlay between nature and civilization, which quietly suggests that there isn't really much division between the two... As seen through the eyes of a humble, Zen-oriented bird-lover, the growth of a colony of runaway parrots in the San Francisco hills reveals both sadness (in their having been stolen from their native jungles) and beauty (in their thriving, cacophanous existence) and the wisdom in accepting what nature has to offer, both magical and grim. The original theater release is augmented by extensive bonus materials that really flesh out the history of the flock, both before and after the original film was made. Utterly fascinating.
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