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The second and third paragraphs are different requests, right? Just want to confirm.
All I can think of for the latter request is The Shaggy Dog
.
First one is called Paulie
. A similar film it reminds me of is The Real Macaw
, which may be what you associate it with.
Second one was definitely Napoleon, and the bird is a galah, an Australian bird.
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Yooo, TV Tropians. I need some help, please. Does anyone remember the film, "Polly," where the talking parrot goes on a journey after escaping from a long time spent in a laboratory? His wings are clipped and he doesn't fly til the very end of the movie, where he finally reunites with his disabled human girl again, shocked at how grown-up she is. It was with a scientist / trucker guy he went on the run with, I think. I'm reciting all of this because one, I think at least someone out there on this forum may appreciate the nostalgia blast, and secondly, I strongly associate that film with another one which I cannot remember, the entire purpose of my being here. Lengthy intro is lengthy.
This film is about a golden labrador retriever puppy, whom, while playing in his owners' backyard pool, climbs into a balloon-basket with some foreign ( green? ) bird and subsequently gets blown clear across the stinkin' continent, finally landing on an uninhabited island where dwells a treacherous cat who tries to kill them / run them both off. I can't remember if they ever make it back home or not. Reminds me strongly of the, "Benji : the Hunted," film and especially, "Homeward Bound," since it had the classic oldschool trait of animals conversing with one another without actually moving their mouths.
There was one more, I think ... a guy who gets reincarnated into a dog and saves his family from a psychotic new stepfather or something. I think that one's more well-known than the one I just described. Anyone know?
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