Directed by:
John RobertsScreenplay:
Laurie CraigCinematography:
Tony Pierce-RobertsComposer:
John DebneyCast:
Gena Rowlands, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Bruce Davison, Trini Alvarado, Jay Mohr, Buddy Hackett, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Matt Craven, Bill Cobbs, Tia Texada (more)VOD (4)
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If you want to know what's on Paulie's mind, just ask him. But you'd better be prepared for the answer. He doesn't know how to lie, and his biting wit may ruffle a few feathers...including his own. Paulie is a parrot who can speak, not mimic, but actually converse. The problem is that though he's learned to talk, he doesn't always know when to shut up, and he comes to find out that there are times when talking can get you into trouble. Paulie's first owner--and first love--is a little girl named Marie who raises him from a baby. Helping Marie overcome a painful stutter gives Paulie the gift of gab, but doesn't prevent her parents from sending him away when they feel she is becoming too attached to him. Undeterred, the loyal little parrot begins a tenacious cross-country search to find his young owner. Along the way, Paulie has some remarkable encounters with a unique cross-section of people, some who want to help and some who see the extraordinary bird as a means to their own ends. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gena Rowlands
USA
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Notebook (2004)
Tony Shalhoub
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
Cars (2006)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Cheech Marin
USA
Best movies:
Coco (2017)
The Lion King (1994)
Cars (2006)
Bruce Davison
USA
Trini Alvarado
USA
Best movies:
Little Women (1994)
Little Children (2006)
The Staircase (2022) (series)
Jay Mohr
USA
Best movies:
Pay It Forward (2000)
Air (2023)
Street Kings (2008)
Buddy Hackett
USA
Best movies:
The Little Mermaid (1989)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Paulie (1998)
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
USA
Best movies:
The Insider (1999)
Bicentennial Man (1999)
The Miracle Worker (2000) (TV movie)
Matt Craven
Canada
Best movies:
Karol. Człowiek, który został papieżem (2005) (TV movie)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
Bill Cobbs
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
Demolition Man (1993)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Tia Texada
USA
Best movies:
Phone Booth (2002)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Paulie (1998)
Laura Harrington
USA
Best movies:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Perfect Witness (1989) (TV movie)
Seth Mumy
Best movies:
Dark Skies (1996) (series)
Paulie (1998)
Dear God (1996)
Jerry Winsett
Best movies:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
Josh Cruze
Best movies:
Collateral (2004)
Born in East L.A. (1987)
Paulie (1998)
Dig Wayne
USA
Best movies:
Nightcrawler (2014)
Paulie (1998)
Phoenix (1998)