The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
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{{Infobox Film
| name = The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
| image = WildParrots.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Judy Irving]]
| producer = [[Judy Irving]]
| writer =
| starring = [[Mark Bittner]],<br>[[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|MPAA:G]]
| country = USA
| awards =
| language = English
| budget =
| preceded_by =
| 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]]- [[Red-masked Parakeet|cherry-headed]] and [[Blue-crowned_Parakeet|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 [[The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (book)|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 Awards|Satellite Award]] for Outstanding Documentary DVD.
==External links==
*[http://www.wildparrotsfilm.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/wildparrots/ The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill] site for [[Independent Lens]] on [[PBS]]
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[[Category:Documentary films]]
[[Category:Parrots]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
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