Paulie (1998)

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Country: USA
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Release: 1998-04-17
Director: John Roberts
Writers: Laurie Craig
Language: English | Spanish
Stars: Gena Rowlands , Tony Shalhoub , Cheech Marin , Bruce Davison , Trini Alvarado , Jay Mohr , Jay Mohr , Buddy Hackett , Hallie Eisenberg , Matt Craven (I) , Bill Cobbs
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 6 nominations total
AKA: Paulie, o Papagaio Bom de Papo (Brazil) , Paulie: Mia tryferi istoria (Greece) , Paulie (Canada) , Paulie (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Cesur Papağan Paulie (Turkey) , Paulie (Thailand) , Paulie (United States of America) , Paulie, le perroquet qui parlait trop (France, French Republic) , Paulie - Puhuva papukaija (Finland) , Paulie: A Parrot's Tale (India) , Paulie (United Kingdom) , Πόλι:Μια τρυφερή ιστορία (Greece) , Polly, a Parrot's Tail (United States of America) , Paulie - Ein Plappermaul macht seinen Weg (Germany) , Поли (Russian Federation) , Paulie , Paulie (Hungary) , Paulie, el loro bocazas (Spain) , Paulie - Il pappagallo che parlava troppo (Italy) , Paulie - papegojan som pratade för mycket (Sweden) , ポーリー (Japan) , Paulie, de eigenwijze papegaai (Netherlands the) , Поли (Bulgaria) , Mi amigo Paulie (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Paulie (Australia) , Paulie, o Papagaio que Falava Demais (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Полі (Ukraine) , Mi amigo Paulie (Argentina)
Plot: Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Paulies story begins many years earlier when he is given as a gift to a little girl who stutters. Eventually, he teaches the girl to speak correctly but is taken away by her father because he believes the girl cannot distinguish fantasy from reality because she believes the bird can talk. Paulie goes through a series of adventures with a pawn shop owner, an ageing widow, a Mexican-American troubadour and a would be thief before being taken to the institute where he now lives.
IMDB:tt0125454