Paulie | |
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Directed by | John Roberts |
Written by | Laurie Craig |
Produced by | Mark Gordon Gary Levinsohn Allison Lyon Segan |
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Cinematography | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
Edited by | Bruce Cannon |
Music by | John Debney |
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Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $23 million |
Box office | $26.9 million[1] |
Paulie is a 1998 American adventure comedy-drama film directed by John Roberts and written by Laurie Craig. The film follows the adventurous story of the eponymous Paulie, a talking parrot who is capable of communicating with humans. It stars Jay Mohr as the voice of the title character, alongside Gena Rowlands, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, and Bruce Davison.
It received mixed-to-positive reviews and was a box office disappointment, grossing $26.9 million domestically against a $23 million budget. However, in the years after its release, Paulie would find a larger audience on home media sales. The film marked Buddy Hackett's last feature film appearance before his death in 2003.