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| "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" is the true story of a Bohemian St. Francis and his remarkable relationship with a flock of wild green-and-red parrots. Mark Bittner, a dharma bum, a homeless street musician in San Francisco, falls in with the flock as he searches for meaning in his life, unaware that the wild parrots will bring him everything he needs. |
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Directed
by Judy Irving
Cast
Mark Bittner
Produced by Judy Irving
Original Music by Chris Michie
Film Editing by Judy Irving
Runtime:
83 min
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The
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill [SOUNDTRACK]
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| BOOK |
The
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill : A Love Story . . . with Wings
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| SYNOPSIS
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 "The
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" is the true story of a Bohemian
St. Francis and his remarkable relationship with a flock of wild
green-and-red parrots. Mark Bittner, a dharma bum, a homeless street
musician in San Francisco, falls in with the flock as he searches
for meaning in his life, unaware that the wild parrots will bring
him everything he needs.
Mark
Bittner was born and raised in southwestern Washington State. His
ambition as a teenager was to be a Great Novelist, but Mark was
alarmed by the uniformly miserable fates of all the writers whom
he loved. So he decided to pursue a career in music instead. After
hitchhiking through Europe in search of experience, he moved to
San Francisco determined to sink or swim as a poet-singer-songwriter.
He sank. Completely bereft, he turned to spiritual seeking and ended
up on the street where he spent the next 14 years. Ultimately his
search led him to the wild parrot flock, which, in turn, led him
back to writing, and his first book: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph
Hill. The hardcover edition, published by Random House, was a best
seller – the paperback edition will come out in early February
2005.
Filmmaker
Judy Irving is a Sundance-and-Emmy-Award-winning filmmaker whose
previous credits include Dark Circle, a feature film about the nuclear
industry, and Out of the Way Café, an hour-long drama. Ms.
Irving received a Masters in Film from Stanford University and is
a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her recent six-film documentary
series about the San Francisco Bay Area's wildlife and open space
led to her interest in the wild parrot flock flying the city's north
waterfront. Her films are distributed internationally to theatres,
television, and home video.
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Review by
DARREL MANSON BLOG
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It can be surprising to see the wildlife that can be found in urban areas. A case in point is a flock of cherry-headed conures living in San Francisco. There are lots of theories about how these green parrots with red heads got there. Probably some are pets that escaped. Perhaps several were released from pet stores or quarantine areas. Before long, they began to breed and the flock grew.
On one level, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is about that flock of birds. We do get to learn a great deal about them as a flock and also we get to know specific birds and their idiosyncrasies. But this isn’t really an urban wildlife film. As we watch we become aware that there is a certain unity of bird and human life. Perhaps it’s a bit of anthropomorphism, but it also reflects the interaction of the birds and their friend, Mark Bittner.
Review continued on Darrel's Blog
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