Paulie is a 1998 American adventure comedy-drama film directed by John Roberts. The film about a wisecracking and disobedient talking parrot named Paulie, who have been locked in the cage in the basement, shares his adventurous story to the janitor. It stars Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Gena Rowlands, Hallie Eisenberg, and Jay Mohr, the latter who performs both the voice of the title character and the on-screen supporting role of Benny, a character who has a lot of dialogue with him.