movie snippets on Instagram: ""Paulie,'" the heartwarming 1998 comedy-drama directed by John Roberts, follows the extraordinary journey of a blue-crowned conure parrot with the remarkable ability to speak and understand human language. The story unfolds through a series of flashbacks as Paulie recounts his life adventures to Misha Vilyenkov (Tony Shalhoub), a Russian immigrant janitor who discovers the bird languishing in the basement of a research institute. Born as the beloved companion of Mar