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The residents in a Californian coastal area are inexplicably besieged by flocks of birds.Product Identifiers
EAN5050582364606
eBay Product ID (ePID)3956125
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe Birds
ActorEthel Griffies, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2005
GenreThriller, General
Run Time115 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Director of PhotographyRobert Burks
SoundBernard Herrmann
AuthorDaphne Du Maurier
Special EffectsLawrence A. Hampton
Additional InformationIn THE BIRDS, Alfred Hitchcock's heart-pounding followup to PSYCHO, the director couples a tone of rigorous morality with dark humor to create a thriller that begins as a light comedy and ends as an apocalyptic allegory. Wealthy, reformed party girl Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) enjoys a brief flirtation with lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop and decides to follow him to his Bodega Bay home. Bearing a gift of two lovebirds, Melanie quickly strikes up a romance with Mitch while contending with his possessive mother and boarding at his ex-girlfriend's house. One day, during a birthday party for Mitch's younger sister, a flock of birds attacks the children in what seems to be a random incident. In fact, it signals the beginning of a massive avian assault on the residents of the town--a mysterious assault that no one can explain and from which no one might come out alive. Hedren (Melanie Griffith's mother) carries the picture in her first film role ever, embarking on a career as an icy-cool leading lady. Loosely based on a Daphne du Maurier story and a Santa Monica newspaper story, "Seabird Invasion Hits Coastal Homes," THE BIRDS also features groundbreaking special effects.
Movie/TV TitleThe Birds
ScreenwriterEvan Hunter